Chapter 13. Transposon Tagging in Cereal Crops

  1. Prof. Dr. Günter Kahl3,4,
  2. Prof. Dr. Khalid Meksem5
  1. Liza J. Conrad1,
  2. Kazuhiro Kikuchi1,
  3. Thomas P. Brutnell2

Published Online: 11 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9783527622542.ch13

Book Title

The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics: Concepts and Protocols

The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics: Concepts and Protocols

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How to Cite

Conrad, L. J., Kikuchi, K. and Brutnell, T. P. (2008) Transposon Tagging in Cereal Crops, in The Handbook of Plant Functional Genomics: Concepts and Protocols (eds G. Kahl and K. Meksem), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527622542.ch13

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Mohrmühlgasse 3, 63500 Seligenstadt, Germany

  2. 4

    GenXPro GmbH, Frankfurt Innovation Center Biotechnology (FIZ), Altenhöferallee 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  3. 5

    Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4415, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

  2. 2

    Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853-1801, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 JUN 2008
  2. Published Print: 10 JUN 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527318858

Online ISBN: 9783527622542

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Keywords:

  • transposon tagging;
  • Mutator/Activator transposon;
  • insertional mutagenesis;
  • Forward/reverse genetics;
  • terminal inverted repeats (TIR);
  • flanking sequence tags (FSTs)

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Insertional Mutagenesis in Plants

  • Transposon Tagging in Maize

  • Large-Scale Reverse Genetics in Rice

  • Ac/Ds Transposon Tagging in Barley

  • Future Direction of Tagging in Cereals

  • References

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