The rice R gene family: Two distinct subfamilies containing several miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 667-678

  Hu, Jianping ^a,b   Reddy, Vaka S ^a   Wessler, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Gene family; Genome evolution; Rice; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPLOIDY; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; MAIZE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENOME; R GENE; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; WILD RELATIVE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034008684     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006355510883     Document Type: Article

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