Saturation mutagenesis using maize transposons.
Transposon mutagenesis facilitates gene discovery by tagging genes for cloning. New genomics projects are now cataloging transposon insertion sites to define all maize genes. Once identified, transposon insertions are 'hot spots' for generating new alleles that are useful in functional studies.
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Department of Biological Sciences, 385 Serra Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, 94305-5020, USA. walbot@stanford.edu
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000379:methods*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018744:DNA, Plant