The role of DNA methylation on nuclear and cell differentiation in the filamentous caulonema of the moss Funaria hygrometrica

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 567-577

  Kingham, Keith I ^a   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^a   Gazdova, Blanka ^b   Kovarik, Ales ^b   Bezdek, Milan ^b   Leitch, Andrew R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bryophyta; Development; DNA condensation; DNA methylation; Polarity; Temperature sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHLOROPLAST; DIHYDROXYPROPYLADENINE; DNA METHYLATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR DIFFERENTIATION; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA;

EID: 0031978071     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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