Retroelements, transposons and methylation status in the genome of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) and the relationship to somaclonal variation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-79

  Kubis, Sybille E ^a   Castilho, Alexandra M M F ^b   Vershinin, Alexander V ^c   Heslop Harrison, John Seymour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

En Spm transposon; Methylation; Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis); Retrotransposons; Somaclonal variation

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DNA; GENES; SEED; TISSUE;

OIL PALM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARECACEAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSPOSASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038344689     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023942309092     Document Type: Article

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