Comparative analysis of DNA methylation in tobacco heterochromatic sequences

Chromosome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-541

  Kovarik A ^a   Koukalova B ^a   Lim, K Y ^b   Matyasek R ^a   Lichtenstein, C P ^b   Leitch, A R ^b   Bezdek M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromatin condensation; Cytosine methylation; Repetitive sequences

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYSTEINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADENINE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, PLANT; DNA, SATELLITE; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; INTERPHASE; NUCLEOTIDES; PLANTS, TOXIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033802924     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009223823327     Document Type: Article

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