AtDMC1, the Arabidopsis homologue of the yeast DMC1 gene: Characterization, transposon-induced allelic variation and meiosis-associated expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Klimyuk, Victor I ^a   Jones, Jonathan D G ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATDMC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; IONIZING RADIATION; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RADIATION, IONIZING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIUM;

EID: 0031038347     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11010001.x     Document Type: Article

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