The control of natural variation in cytosine methylation in Arabidopsis

Genetics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 355-363

  Riddle, Nicole C ^a   Richards, Eric J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036743496     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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