Using gene knockouts to investigate plant metabolism

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 361, 2001, Pages 1593-1601

  Thorneycroft, D ^a   Sherson, S M ^a   Smith, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene knockouts; Insertional mutagenesis; Plant growth; Plant metabolism; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

GENE FUNCTION; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODIFICATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT METABOLISM;

ENZYMES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MUTANTS;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034891035     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/52.361.1593     Document Type: Review

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