Electron microscopic investigation of mitochondrial DNA from Chenopodium album (L.)

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Backert, Steffen ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Börner, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chenopodium album; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial plasmid; Plastid DNA; Rolling circle replication

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; EMBRYOPHYTA;

CHLOROPLAST DNA; CIRCULAR DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTIFACTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANTS;

EID: 0030118020     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221510     Document Type: Article

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