An Italian functional genomic resource for Medicago truncatula

Medicago truncatula is a model species for legumes. Its functional genomics have been considerably boosted in recent years due to initiatives based both in Europe and US. Collections of mutants are becoming increasingly available and this will help unravel the genetic control of important traits for...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2008-12, Vol.1 (1), p.129-129
Main Authors: Porceddu, Andrea, Panara, Francesco, Calderini, Ornella, Molinari, Lorna, Taviani, Paola, Lanfaloni, Luisa, Scotti, Carla, Carelli, Maria, Scaramelli, Laura, Bruschi, Gianluca, Cosson, Viviane, Ratet, Pascal, de Larembergue, Henri, Duc, Gerard, Piano, Efisio, Arcioni, Sergio
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Language:English
Subjects:
Beans
Environmental Sciences
Genetic aspects
Genomics
Identification and classification
Legumes
Life Sciences
Mimosaceae
Project Note
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Summary:Medicago truncatula is a model species for legumes. Its functional genomics have been considerably boosted in recent years due to initiatives based both in Europe and US. Collections of mutants are becoming increasingly available and this will help unravel the genetic control of important traits for many species of legumes. Our report is on the production of three complementary mutant collections of the model species Medicago truncatula produced in Italy in the frame of a national genomic initiative. Well established strategies were used: Tnt1 mutagenesis, TILLING and activation tagging. Both forward and reverse genetics screenings proved the efficiency of the mutagenesis approaches adopted, enabling the isolation of interesting mutants which are in course of characterization. We anticipate that the reported collections will be complementary to the recently established functional genomics tools developed for Medicago truncatula both in Europe and in the United States.
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/1756-0500-1-129