The spatial localization of T-DNA insertions in petunia interphase nuclei: Consequences for chromosome organization and transgene insertion sites

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 611-623

  Ten Hoopen, Rogier ^a,b   Montijn, Bob M ^a   Veuskens, Jacky T M ^a,c   Oud, Oof J L ^a   Nanninga, Nanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c Kreatech Diagnostics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Petunia hybrida; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INSERTION; HIGHER PLANT; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TRANSGENE;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; SOLANACEAE; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0033428914     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009232002104     Document Type: Article

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