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Publication Date
1997
Location
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Description
Leaves of 47,000 Lotus japonicus plants were screened using a butanol:HCl histochemical test to select “gain of function” mutants. These plants were progeny from L. japonicus lines which were transformed with T-DNA constructs containing either the maize Ds or Ac transposon (Thykjaer et al., 1995). Among 21 putative leaf tannin mutants, five (tan1-5) were characterized for synthesis of condensed tannins, leucocyanidin reductase activity and the presence of Ac and the selectable marker gene, nptII . A range of leaf tannin content among other Lotus species was also characterized.
Citation
Gruber, M Y.; Skadhauge, B; Auser, P; Muir, A D.; Thomsen, K K.; Stougaard, J; Coulman, B; and Wettstein, D von, "Induction of Mutants with Ectopic Expression of Condensed Tannins" (1997). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 3.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session8/3)
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Induction of Mutants with Ectopic Expression of Condensed Tannins
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Leaves of 47,000 Lotus japonicus plants were screened using a butanol:HCl histochemical test to select “gain of function” mutants. These plants were progeny from L. japonicus lines which were transformed with T-DNA constructs containing either the maize Ds or Ac transposon (Thykjaer et al., 1995). Among 21 putative leaf tannin mutants, five (tan1-5) were characterized for synthesis of condensed tannins, leucocyanidin reductase activity and the presence of Ac and the selectable marker gene, nptII . A range of leaf tannin content among other Lotus species was also characterized.
