Fluorescence microscopy of DNA-protein structures from osmotically lysed mitochondria of yeast and tobacco

Protoplasma

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 53-63

  Oldenburg, Delene J ^a   Bendich, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein structures; Fluorescence microscopy; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial nucleoid; Tobacco; Yeast

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TOBACCO; YEAST;

EID: 0031934186     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280711     Document Type: Article

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