Epigenetic interactions among three dTph1 transposons in two homologous chromosomes activate a new excision-repair mechanism in Petunia

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1319-1336

  Van Houwelingen, Adèle ^a,b   Souer, Erik ^a   Mol, Jos ^a   Koes, Ronald ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Plant Reproduction Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CYTOGENETICS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033165573     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.7.1319     Document Type: Article

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