Function search in a large transcription factor gene family in Arabidopsis: Assessing the potential of reverse genetics to identify insertional mutations in R2R3 MYB genes

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1827-1840

  Meissner, Ruth C ^a   Jin, Hailing ^a   Cominelli, Eleonora ^b   Denekamp, Marten ^c   Fuertes, Antonio ^d   Greco, Raffaella ^b,g   Kranz, Harald D ^e   Penfield, Steven ^a   Petroni, Katia ^b   Urzainqui, Ana ^d   Martin, Cathie ^a   Paz Ares, Javier ^d   Smeekens, Sjef ^c   Tonelli, Chiara ^b   Weisshaar, Bernd ^e   Baumann, Elvira ^e   Klimyuk, Victor ^f   Marillonnet, Sylvestre ^f   Patel, Kanu ^f   Speulman, Elly ^g   Tissier, Alain F ^f,i   Bouchez, David ^h   Jones, Jonathan J D ^f   Pereira, Andy ^g   Wisman, Ellen ^e   Bevan, Michael ^a   more..

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h CEMAGREF   (France)

ⁱ IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTATION; PLANT GENETICS; REVERSE GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033212998     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.10.1827     Document Type: Article

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