A comprehensive characterization of single-copy T-DNA insertions in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-176

  Forsbach, Alexandra ^a,b   Schubert, Daniel ^a   Lechtenberg, Berthold ^a   Gils, Mario ^a,c   Schmidt, Renate ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Icon Genetics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Arabidopsis thaliana; Chromosome sequence map; Heterochromatin; Single copy T DNA insertion; T DNA flanking sequence; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FLANKING SEQUENCES;

DNA SEQUENCES; FREQUENCIES; GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0038683215     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023929630687     Document Type: Article

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