Article
Analysis of flower pigmentation mutants generated by random transposon mutagenesis in Petunia hybrida.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jan 1998
van Houwelingen A, Souer E, Spelt K, Kloos D, Mol J, Koes R
Abstract excerpt
Fifty new flower pigmentation mutants in Petunia hybrida using endogenous transposable elements (TEs) as a mutagen were generated. Forty-six mutants displayed somatic and sporogenic instability indicating that they were caused by a TE. Phenotypic analysis showed that the mutation altered either a...
Topics
- Alleles
- Anthocyanins
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Intracellular Fluid
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation
- Plant Cells
- Plants
- Polymerase Chain Reaction