T-DNA mediated disruption of essential gametophytic genes in Arabidopsis is unexpectedly rare and cannot be inferred from segregation distortion alone

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 444-452

  Bonhomme, S ^a   Horlow, C ^a   Vezon, D ^a   De Laissardiere S ^a   Guyon, A ^a   Ferault M ^a   Marchand, M ^a   Bechtold, N ^a   Pelletier, G ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gametophytes; Insertion mutagenesis; Segregation distortion

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, PLANT; GERM CELLS; MUTATION; POLLEN; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032439144     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050915     Document Type: Article

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