First complete physical map of a higher pl...( el system for plant molecular genet...)

el system for plant molecular genetics. The most important benefit of the physical map lies in its support for map-based gene cloning experiments. Novel genes identified, will not only provide insight into the molecular mechanisms of plant function, but will also offer the means to generate the future 3rd and 4th generation of genetically engineered crops (this view is evidently supported by the strong investments of the agro-biotech industry into Arabidopsis research). From this point of view, major achievements in Arabidopsis genome research are of interest to the plant research community, the general research community as well as the general public.

Prior to publication the results announced here were continuously presented to the plant research community in the Arabidopsis database of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany. The demand in the public and private plant research communities for this information is demonstrated by the fact that the web site displaying the map data has already been accessed by several hundred users from all over the world (http://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/101/mpi_mp_map/access.html). Thanks to the willingness of many colleagues within the Arabidopsis research community by providing individual information to be integrated into the map and the attitude of all the co-authors to make all information instantaneously available to the research community, an extraordinary model of international collaboration has been demonstrated:

Teresa Mozo¹, Ken Dewar², Pat Dunn³, Joseph R. Ecker³, Sabine Fischer¹, Sebastian Kloska¹, Hans Lehrach⁴, Marco Marra'"/>

Contact: Thomas Altmann
altmann@mpimp-golm.mpg.de
49-331-977-2769
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
2-Jul-1999


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