Rumex acetosa Y chromosomes: Constitutive or facultative heterochromatin?

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Mosiołek, Magdalena ^a,e   Pasierbek, Paweł ^b   Malarz, Janusz ^c   Moś, Maria ^d   Joachimiak, Andrzej J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^e GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; Histone H3; Methylation; Rumex; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; HISTONE H3; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; KARYOTYPING; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; RUMEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

RHOEO; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA; TRADESCANTIA SPATHACEA;

EID: 23744471302     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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