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Petunia plants escape from negative selection against a transgene by silencing the foreign DNA via methylation.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 May 1992
Renckens S, De Greve H, Van Montagu M, Hernalsteens J P
Abstract excerpt
Transgenic Petunia hybrida clones harbouring the T-DNA gene 2 of Agrobacterium tumefaciens were used to test a strategy for the trapping of plant transposable elements. In the Petunia line used, floral variegation is due to the presence of the non-autonomous transposable element dTph1 at the An1 locus. The gene 2 product converts the auxin precursor indole-3-acetamide and its analogue 1-naphthalene acetamide into...
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