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A promoter expressing in anther and roots is made anther specific. The modified promoter is used to drive barnase gene and develop male sterile lines.
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The work was supported by R&D projects of University of Delhi and grant-in-aids to the department from UGC and DST, Govt. of India. KKS and AKM were supported by fellowships from UGC and CSIR, respectively. The authors thank Prof. S C Lakhotia for his edits and Dr. Satish Yadav for help in statistical analysis.
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PKB conceptualized the project. PKB, KKS and AKM designed experiments. AKM and KKS carried out experiments. PKB, AKM and KKS analyzed the data. PKB and KKS wrote the manuscript.
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Soni, K.K., Mehrotra, A.K. & Burma, P.K. Engineering the AEG1 promoter from cotton to develop male sterile lines. Plant Cell Rep 40, 1789–1792 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-021-02704-6
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