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The cloning of the controlling element Ac from the wx-m7 allele of Zea mays is described. The cloned fragment carries a 4.3 kb insertion that by restriction analysis is indistinguishable from the Ac insertion in Ac wx-m9. It is located approximately 2.5 kb upstream of the Ac wx-m9 insertion.
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Behrens, U., Fedoroff, N., Laird, A. et al. Cloning of the Zea mays controlling element Ac from the wx-m7 allele. Molec. Gen. Genet. 194, 346–347 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383540
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