Article
Mutator insertions in an intron of the maize knotted1 gene result in dominant suppressible mutations.
Genetics - 1 Dec 1994
Greene B, Walko R, Hake S
Abstract excerpt
The knotted1 (kn1) locus of maize is defined by a series of dominant mutations affecting leaf development. We recovered 10 additional mutant alleles in lines containing active Mutator transposable elements. Nine of these alleles contain Mu1 or Mu8 elements inserted within a 310-bp region of the kn1 third intron. All five Mu8 insertions are in the same orientation whereas both orientations of Mu1 were recovered....
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Plant
- Introns
- Methylation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phenotype