Structural domains and matrix attachment regions along colinear chromosomal segments of maize and sorghum

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-264

  Tikhonov, Alexander P ^a   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a   Avramova, Zoya V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; EMBRYOPHYTA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034143275     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.2.249     Document Type: Article

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