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T-DNA as a gene tag
Walden Richard1, Hiroaki Hayashi1, Jeff Schell1
1Max-Planck-institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl von Linne Weg 10, D5000 Kö ln 30, Germany.
Abstract:
The characteristics of Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation are such that the T-DNA can be used as an insertional mutagen and, by extension, a gene tag. An increasing number of mutants have been obtained as a result of T-DNA insertion and the versatility of this experimental system can be exploited further to tag sequences of DNA which control gene expression. While the isolation of specific mutations by T-DNA tagging in the past has been fortuitous, T-DNA-based vectors have the potential to generate transgenic plants with specific, selectable mutations.
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