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The Arabidopsis ethylene response pathway was established by characterization of ethylene mutants that were isolated exploiting the triple response of dark-grown seedlings. The various triple response screens were not yet exhaustive; however, a large number of ethylene-related loci have been identified, and for several of these an allelic series was isolated. To increase the chance of identifying new loci, screening for mutants at developmental stages other than the etiolated seedling stage might be a useful approach. We have isolated mutants from light-grown populations, by using the ethylene response of nutrient-deficient seedlings at two stages in development. Characterization of these mutants has resulted in the identification of new loci involved in ethylene signaling.
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Van Der Straeten, D. et al. (1999). Ethylene Signaling: More Players in the Game. In: Kanellis, A.K., Chang, C., Klee, H., Bleecker, A.B., Pech, J.C., Grierson, D. (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4453-7_14
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