Molecular comparison of waxy null alleles in common wheat and identification of a unique null allele

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1205-1211

  Saito, M ^a   Konda, M ^a   Vrinten, P ^a,b   Nakamura, K ^a   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b Bioriginal Food and Science Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

SPONTANEOUS MUTATIONS; WHEAT CULTIVARS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PRIMER DNA; STARCH SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WAXY PROTEIN, PLANT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WHEAT;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRITICUM;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 2442563725     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1549-9     Document Type: Article

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