Sense and antisense transcripts of the maize MuDR regulatory transposon localized by in situ hybridization

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Joanin, Philippe ^a   Hershberger, R Jane ^a   Benito, María Inés ^a   Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antisense; expression; in situ hybridization; maize; Mutator; transposon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031048320     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005790129668     Document Type: Article

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