Cloning and characterization of a centromere-specific repetitive DNA element from Sorghum bicolor

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 832-839

  Miller, J T ^a   Jackson, S A ^a   Nasuda, S ^b   Gill, B S ^b   Wing, R A ^c   Jiang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Molecular cytogenetics; Repetitive DNA sequences; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTROMERE; CLONE; CLONING; CYTOSINE; DIMER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; METHYLATION; MONOMER; PLANT GENETICS; REPETITIVE DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0031866583     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050809     Document Type: Article

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