CC-2473 DCMU4 (psbA S264A)
$30.00
From Jean-David Rochaix, University of Geneva, April 1990
Phenotype: herbicide resistant (atrazine, DCMU)
The DCMU4 mutation produces a Ser->Ala alteration at position 264 in the D1 protein, conferring resistance to DCMU and atrazine.
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