Discovery of a Zdel transposable element in Zea species as a consequence of a retrotransposon insertion

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-261

  Vicient, Carlos M ^a,b   Martínez Izquierdo, José A ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Maize; Methylation; Plant genome; Retrotransposon; Zea diploperennis

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAPLOIDY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RETROELEMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0342601521     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00610-5     Document Type: Article

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