Identification of a Mobile Endogenous Transposon in Arabidopsis thaliana
- 16 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 260 (5106) , 342-344
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8385803
Abstract
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 producing chlorate-sensitive revertants with Tag1 or Tag1-related elements at different loci. Tag1 and related elements are present in the Landsberg but not Columbia or Wassilewskija ecotypes of Arabidopsis. Thus, Tag1 provides a tool for the insertional mutagenesis of plant genes essential for biological processes of agronomic importance.Keywords
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