Variability in CpNpG methylation in higher plant genomes

Gene

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Kovařík, Aleš ^a   Matyášek, Roman ^a   Leitch, Andrew ^b   Gazdová, Blanka ^a   Fulneček, Jaroslav ^a   Bezděk, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Dna methylation; Evolution; Ribosomal genes

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; PLANT DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CLUSTER; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 18544394904     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00503-9     Document Type: Article

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