Ribosomal DNA heterochromatin in plants

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 104-111

  Neves, N ^a,b   Delgado, M ^a,b   Silva, M ^a   Caperta, A ^a,b   Morais Cecilio L ^a   Viegas, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HETEROCHROMATIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTS;

EID: 16344379097     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082388     Document Type: Review

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