Molecular characterization of a catalase null allele at the Cat3 locus in maize.

doi:10.1093/genetics/125.4.867

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Molecular characterization of a catalase null allele at the Cat3 locus in maize.

Genetics - 1 Aug 1990

Wadsworth G J, Scandalios J G

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Previous analysis has identified line IDS28 of maize (Zea mays L.) as being homozygous for a Catalase-3 (Cat3) null allele. Catalase-3 (CAT-3) protein-specific antibodies could not detect CAT-3 in extracts of several tissues of IDS28, which in a typical maize line possess CAT-3. The absence of CA...

Topics

Alleles
Catalase
DNA
Immunoblotting
Immunoelectrophoresis
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
RNA
Zea mays

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