Distribution of 5-methylcytosine residues in 5S rRNA genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and Secale cereale

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 510-517

  Fulnecek J ^a   Matyasek R ^a   Kovarik A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

5S rRNA gene methylation; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bisulfite genomic sequencing; Restriction analysis; Secale cereale

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SECALE CEREALE; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0036454108     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0761-7     Document Type: Article

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