The genomic organization of non-LTR retrotransposos (LINEs) from three Beta species and five other angiosperms

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 821-831

  Kubis, Sybille E ^a,b   Heslop Harrison, John S ^a,b   Desel, Christine ^c   Schmidt, Thomas ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome organization; In situ hybridization; LINEs; Non LTR retrotransposons; Reverse transcriptase gene; Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING MOTIF; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEREALS; CHENOPODIACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; ARTHIRRHIUM; ARTHIRRHIUM MAJUS; BETA LOMATOGONA; BETA NANA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUDICOTYLEDONS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYZA SATIVA; SECALE CEREALE; TABACUM;

EID: 0032055154     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005973932556     Document Type: Article

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