The mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis is composed of both native and immigrant information

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 495-502

  Marienfeld, Joachim ^a   Unseld, Michael ^b   Brennicke, Axel ^c  

^a IbF   (Germany)

^b LIONbioscience AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC TRAIT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID; RETROPOSON; RIBOSOME; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSPOSON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII;

EID: 0032740766     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01502-2     Document Type: Review

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