Article
Rescue of a maize mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase mutant by tissue culture.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 1994
Gu J, Dempsey S, Newton K J
Abstract excerpt
The maize NCS6 mitochondrial mutation is a partial deletion of the cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 gene (cox2) that survives heteroplasmically in the plant. Mutant mitochondria segregate from normal mitochondria during somatic development giving rise to defective sectors on the plants, including areas of kernel abortion on the ears. Embryos from NCS6 kernels can be rescued by tissue culture. Slowly growing Type II...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA Primers
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genes, Plant
- Macromolecular Substances
- Mitochondria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Seeds