Characterization of telomere-subtelomere junctions in Silene latifolia

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Sykorova E ^a,b   Cartagena, J ^c   Horakova M ^b   Fukui, K ^c   Fajkus, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended DNA fibres; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Plant telomere subtelomere junctions; Telomere associated sequences

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE MAPPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILENE; TELOMERE;

SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 0038216572     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0811-9     Document Type: Article

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