Comparative analysis of the chromosomal and genomic organization of Ty1-copia-like retrotransposons in pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-21

  Brandes, A ^a   Heslop Harrison, J S ^a   Kamm, A ^a   Kubis, S ^a   Doudrick, R L ^b   Schmidt, T ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ferns; in situ hybridization; phylogenetics; pines; reverse transcriptase genes

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, PLANT; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETA VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA RAPA; CICER ARIETINUM; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PTERIDOPHYTA; PTERIS CRETICA; SELAGINELLA APODA; VICIA FABA; VICIA NARBONENSIS;

EID: 0031046820     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005797222148     Document Type: Article

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