Isolation and characterization of a maintenance DNA-methyltransferase gene from peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch): Transcript localization in vegetative and reproductive meristems of triple buds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 393, 2003, Pages 2623-2633

  Giannino, Donato ^a   Mele, Giovanni ^a   Cozza, Radiana ^b   Bruno, Leonardo ^b   Testone, Giulio ^a   Ticconi, Carla ^c   Frugis, Giovanna ^a   Bitonti, Maria Beatrice ^b   Innocenti, Anna Maria ^b   Mariotti, Domenico ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buds with distinct fates; DNA methylase expression; Peach

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; DNA; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

GENES;

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MERISTEM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRUNUS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRUNUS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 10744219877     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg292     Document Type: Article

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