Transactivation of Ds elements in plants of lettuce (Lactuca sativa).

doi:10.1007/BF00284692

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Transactivation of Ds elements in plants of lettuce (Lactuca sativa).

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Nov 1993

Yang C H, Carroll B, Scofield S, Jones J, Michelmore R

Abstract excerpt

The maize transposable element, Activator (Ac), is being used to develop a transposon mutagenesis system in lettuce, Lactuca sativa. In this paper, we describe somatic and germinal transactivation of Ds by chimeric transposase genes in whole plants. Constructs containing either the Ds element or...

Topics

Base Sequence
Blotting, Southern
Cloning, Molecular
DNA Primers
DNA Transposable Elements
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleotidyltransferases
Phenotype
Spectinomycin
Transcriptional Activation
Transposases
Vegetables

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