ufo Alleles
The list below shows information on six alleles. Reference alleles are ufo-2 (strong) and ufo-6 (weak) in Landsberg erecta, and ufo-1 (strong) in Columbia. If you want to obtain mutant seeds, please contact the stock center (see right most column).
Note that several alleles have the same nucleotide change.
You may also want to consult the page on CAPS markers for genotyping information.
The UFO sequence can be found in GenBank under accession XB9224.
| Allele | Ecotype | Reference | Source |
Mutagen | Class |
Nucleotide sequence |
Amino acid sequence |
ABRC stock |
| ufo-1 | Col-0 | 1,2 | Haughn | EMS |
strong | G855A | W285stop | |
| ufo-2 | L-er | 3,4 | Levin | EMS | strong | C784T | Q262stop | CS6294 |
| ufo-3 | L-er |
2,3,4 | Levin | EMS |
strong |
Deletion of C179 | Frameshift after Ile59 | |
| ufo-4 | L-er | 3,4 | Levin | EMS |
strong | G416T | W139stop | |
| ufo-5 | L-er | 2,3,4 | Levin | EMS | strong | C976T | R326stop | |
| ufo-6 | L-er | 3,4 | Poethig | EMS | weak | C719T | P299L | CS6295 |
1 Wilkinson, M. D., & Haughn, G. W. (1995). Plant Cell 7, 1485-1499.
2
Ingram,
G. C.et al. (1995). Plant Cell 7, 1501-1510.
3
Levin,
J. Z., & Meyerowitz, E. M. (1995). Plant Cell 7, 529-548.
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