Isolation and characterization of SYN1, a RAD21-like gene essential for meiosis in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-430

  Bai, Xuefang ^a   Peirson, Brenda N ^a   Dong, Fugui ^a   Xue, Cai ^a   Makaroff, Christopher A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BLOT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0033101658     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.417     Document Type: Article

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