Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Hidenori Tanaka, Melody Muguerza, Ryo Akashi, Niels Nørgaard Sandal, Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Shusei Sato
{"title":"Lotus japonicus Genetic, Mutant, and Germplasm Resources","authors":"Masatsugu Hashiguchi, Hidenori Tanaka, Melody Muguerza, Ryo Akashi, Niels Nørgaard Sandal, Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Shusei Sato","doi":"10.1002/cppb.20070","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cppb.20070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A quarter of a century has passed since <i>Lotus japonicus</i> was proposed as a model legume because of its suitability for molecular genetic studies. Since then, a comprehensive set of genetic resources and tools has been developed, including recombinant inbred lines, a collection of wild accessions, published mutant lines, a large collection of mutant lines tagged with <i>LORE1</i> insertions, cDNA clones with expressed sequence tag (EST) information, genomic clones with end-sequence information, and a reference genome sequence. Resource centers in Japan and Denmark ensure easy access to data and materials, and the resources have greatly facilitated <i>L. japonicus</i> research, thereby contributing to the molecular understanding of characteristic legume features such as endosymbiosis. Here, we provide detailed instructions for <i>L. japonicus</i> cultivation and describe how to order materials and access data using the resource center websites. The comprehensive overview presented here will make <i>L. japonicus</i> more easily accessible as a model system, especially for research groups new to <i>L. japonicus</i> research. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</p>","PeriodicalId":10932,"journal":{"name":"Current protocols in plant biology","volume":"3 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cppb.20070","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36243857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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