Detection of nucleolar organizer and mitochondrial DNA insertion regions based on the isochore map of Arabidopsis thaliana

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3328-3336

  Chen, Ling Ling ^a   Gao, Feng ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; GC content; Isochore; Mitochondrial insertion region; Nucleolar organizer

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOCHORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CODON; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENOME, PLANT; ISOCHORES; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 22144443538     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04748.x     Document Type: Article

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