Different amounts of DNA in each mitochondrion in rice root

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Takanashi, Hideki ^a   Arimura, Shin Ichi ^a   Sakamoto, Wataru ^b   Tsutsumi, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DAPI; DNA; Fluorescence microscopy; Mitochondria; Nucleoid

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; RICE;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747188616     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.215     Document Type: Article

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