title: [The moss Physcomitrella patens, a new model system for functional genomics].
abstract: The potential of moss as a model system to study plant biological process is associated with their relatively simple developmental pattern and the dominance of the haploid gametophyte in the life cycle. The moss Physcomitrella patens exhibits a very high rate of homologous recombination in its nuclear DNA, making gene targeting approaches in this plant as convenient as in yeast or in ES cells of mice. Sharing many biological features with higher plants and having many other advantages, the moss Physcomitrella patens will be an attractive model system for plant biology and functional genome analysis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730 000, China. wdonglz@163.com
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang-Xin
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Guo-Chang
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D019068:Bryopsida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018390:Gene Targeting; D017343:Genes, Plant; D023281:Genomics; D008957:Models, Genetic
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant