Species: Lotus japonicus = Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus

Family: Fabaceae, Fabales

Description: model legume, advanced dicot, rhizomes studied

Genomic Resources: genome sequenced, over 150,000 ESTs

Transformed: yes, very easy to do

References: Li, B. and Beuselinck, P.R. 1996 ; Nualsri, C. and Beuselinck, P.R. 1998 ;
           Nualsri, C. et al. 1998 ; Soster, M. et al. 2004 ; Steiner, J.J. and de los Santos, G.G. 2001 ;
           Sun, Y.X. et al. 2006 ; Maeda, D. et al. 2006 ; Imaizumi, R. et al. 2005 ;
           Nakatsukasa-Akune, M. et al. 2005 ; Robbins, M.P. et al. 1998 ; Akashi, R. et al. 1998

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Last updated: 05 November 2008