Methylation of somatic and sperm DNA in the homosporous fern Ceratopteris richardii

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1023-1027

  McGrath, J Mitchell ^a,b   Pichersky, Eran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosporous fern; Somatic DNA; Sperm DNA

Indexed keywords

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BSTNI; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAI; PLANT DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA METHYLATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

CHLOROPLASTS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GAMETOGENESIS; PLANTS; SPORES;

EID: 0031459529     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005962520544     Document Type: Article

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