Lessons from a search for leaf mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1623-1634

  Pérez Pérez, José Manuel ^a   Candela, Héctor ^a   Robles, Pedro ^a   Quesada, Víctor ^a   Ponce, María Rosa ^a   Micol, José Luis ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Forward genetics; Leaf development; Mutant screen

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENESIS; CELL EXPANSION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SCREENING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NEUTRON; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, PLANT; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 73949155474     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072534jp     Document Type: Review

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