Medical Definition of S gene complex
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Genes coding for molecular components of the pollen stigma recognition system in the cabbage genus Brassica). The gene products govern the self incompatibility response and include a glycoprotein found on the stigma surface and a lectin on the pollen grain surface that binds to the stigma glycoprotein.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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