Cytosine methylation and nucleolar dominance in cereal hybrids

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-301

  Houchins, K ^a   O'Dell, M ^b   Flavell, R B ^b   Gustafson, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methylation; Nucleolar dominance; Nucleolar organizer region

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHROMOSOME NOR; HYBRID; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

CELL NUCLEOLUS; CEREALS; CHIMERA; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; SECALE CEREALE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030816773     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050500     Document Type: Article

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