Rolling-circle replication of mitochondrial DNA in the higher plant Chenopodium album (L.)

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 6285-6294

  Backert, Steffen ^a,c   Dörfel, Peter ^a,d   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOME; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0029803024     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.11.6285     Document Type: Article

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