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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 the Ac transposase open reading frame (ORF) were introduced into lettue. The Ds element was located between either the...
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