title: Identification and applications of the Petunia class II Act1/dTph1 transposable element system.
abstract: Transposable genetic elements are considered to be ubiquitous. Despite this, their mutagenic capacity has been exploited in only a few species. The main plant species are maize, Antirrhinum, and Petunia. Representatives of all three major groups of class II elements, viz., hAT-, CACTA- and Mutator-like elements, have been identified in Petunia. Here we focus on the research "history" of the Petunia two-element Act1-dTph1 system and the development of its application in forward- and reverse-genetics studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Genetics/IWWR/Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerats
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zethof
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vandenbussche
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D032306:Petunia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D018744:DNA, Plant