Identification of a mobile endogenous transposon in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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Identification of a mobile endogenous transposon in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 16 Apr 1993

Tsay Y F, Frank M J, Page T, Dean C, Crawford N M

Abstract excerpt

A mobile endogenous transposable element, Tag1, has been identified in the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Tag1 was found in the nitrate transporter gene, CHL1, of a chlorate-resistant mutant present in a population of plants containing an active maize Ac transposon. Tag1 excises from the chl1 gene p...

Topics

Arabidopsis
Base Sequence
Chlorates
Cloning, Molecular
DNA
DNA Transposable Elements
Drug Resistance
Genes, Plant
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Nitrates
Plants, Genetically Modified

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