Identification of an active new mutator transposable element in maize

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Tan, Bao Cai ^a   Chen, Zongliang ^a,b   Shen, Yun ^a   Zhang, Yafeng ^a   Lai, Jinsheng ^b   Sun, Samuel S M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Maize; Mutagenesis; Mutator; Mutator13; Tagging; Transposon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876758681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000398     Document Type: Article

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