Analysis of the ribosomal RNA gene repeat from the moss Funaria hygrometrica

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-564

  Capesius, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophyta; Funaria hygrometrica; intergenic spacer; moss; ribosomal transcription unit

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031081723     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005740031313     Document Type: Article

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