Structural analysis of rDNA in the genus Nicotiana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 655-660

  Borisjuk, Nikolai V ^a   Davidjuk, Yurij M ^b   Kostishin, Stepan S ^b   Miroshnichenco, Galina P ^c   Velasco, Riccardo ^d   Hemleben, Vera ^d   Volkov, Roman A ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intergenic spacer; Lycopersicon; Molecular evolution; Ribosomal DNA; Solanaceae; Solanum; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 25S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TOBACCO;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TOBACCO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TABACUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031282666     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005856618898     Document Type: Article

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