A gene-enriched BAC library for cloning large allele-specific fragments from maize: Isolation of a 240-kb contig of the bronze region

Genome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 866-873

  Fu, Huihua ^a   Dooner, Hugo K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTIG MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033917167     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.10.6.866     Document Type: Article

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