Saturation mutagenesis using maize transposons

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-107

  Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLONING; GENE INSERTION; GENE TAGGING; MAIZE; MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034096068     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)00051-5     Document Type: Review

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