Comparative analysis of the nucleosomal structure of rye, wheat and their relatives

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-161

  Vershinin, Alexander V ^a,b   Heslop Harrison, John S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Nucleosome organization; Nucleosome phasing; Plant telomeres; Repetitive DNA

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA PROBE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NUCLEOSOME ORGANIZATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMATIN; DNA PROBES; DNA, PLANT; NUCLEOSOMES; SECALE CEREALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE; TRITICUM;

DASYPYRUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031905688     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005912822671     Document Type: Article

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