Telomere-length regulation in inter-ecotype crosses of Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-866

  Maillet, G ^a   White, C I ^a   Gallego, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Ecotypes; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; GENES; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; TELOMERE LENGTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE MBOI; PLANT DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, PLANT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COPOLYMERS; ECOTYPES; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33750898943     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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