Genome hypermethylation in Pinus silvestris of Chernobyl - A mechanism for radiation adaptation?

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 529, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Kovalchuk, Olga ^a   Burke, Paula ^a   Arkhipov, Andrey ^b   Kuchma, Nikolaj ^b   James, S Jill ^c   Kovalchuk, Igor ^a   Pogribny, Igor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Chernobyl Sci Tech Ctr Intl Res   (Ukraine)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Global genome methylation; Pine; Radiation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCOTS PINE; SURVIVAL;

EUKARYOTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0042009755     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(03)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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