Structural analysis of the maize Rp1 complex reveals numerous sites and unexpected mechanisms of local rearrangement

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3213-3223

  Ramakrishna, Wusirika ^a   Emberton, John ^a   Ogden, Matthew ^a   SanMiguel, Phillip ^b   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HOMOLOGS; MAIZE;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036910539     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.006338     Document Type: Article

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