Carrot DNA-methyltransferase is encoded by two classes of genes with differing patterns of expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-329

  Bernacchia, Giovanni ^a,c   Primo, Antonella ^a   Giorgetti, Lucia ^b   Pitto, Letizia ^b   Cella, Rino ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARROT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; DAUCUS CAROTA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032005850     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00034.x     Document Type: Article

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