An upper limit of the ratio of DNA volume to nuclear volume exists in plants

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Fujimoto, Satoru ^a   Ito, Mikako ^a,b   Matsunaga, Sachihiro ^a   Fukui, Kiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D structure; DNA volume; Nuclear volume; Plant nuclei; Rabl orientation

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOME SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 29544447776     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.80.345     Document Type: Article

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