Excision of Ds1 from the genome of maize streak virus in response to different transposase-encoding genes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-392

  Shen, Wen Hui ^a,b   Ramos, Cynthia ^b   Hohn, Barbara ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroinfection; Transposition; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; MAIZE; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSPOSON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE DELETION; GENOME, VIRAL; KINETICS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES; ZEA MAYS;

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; GEMINIVIRIDAE; MAIZE STREAK VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032005960     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005963430366     Document Type: Article

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