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Chilling-sensitive mutants of arabidopsis

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Twenty-one mutants ofArabidopsis thaliana were isolated that developed chlorosis or necrosis upon incubation at low temperature (10°C to 15°C). Crosses among mutants in different phenotypic classes showed that mutants in three of four classes were found in a small number of loci.

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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole boulevard Golden, 80401, CO, USA

    Schneider Jane C.

  2. MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab, Michigan State University, 48824, East lansing, MI, USA

    Suzanne Hugly

  3. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 290 Panama Street, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Somerville Chris R.

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This article is reproduced fromWeeds World, vol. 1. For electronic access toWeeds World, see PMBR 12(4):302–303.

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Schneider, J.C., Suzanne, H. & Somerville, C.R. Chilling-sensitive mutants of arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol Rep 13, 11–17 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02668388

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