Methylation pattern of Activator transposase binding sites in maize endosperm

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-758

  Wang, Lihua ^a   Heinlein, Manfred ^a,b   Kunze, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN SULFITE; PRIMER DNA; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATID; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIDS; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SULFITES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030116871     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.4.747     Document Type: Article

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