Insertion and excision of a transposable element governs the red floral phenotype in commercial petunias

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1038-1043

  Nakajima, T ^a   Matsubara, K ^a   Kodama, H ^a   Kokubun, H ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Ando, T ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES; GLUCOSE; PIGMENTS;

ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT; COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS; PETUNIA; RUTINOSIDES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHOCYANIN; ENZYME; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PETUNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANTHOCYANINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENZYMES; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; PETUNIA; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 18144394360     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-1922-y     Document Type: Article

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