Plant centromere organization: a dynamic structure with conserved functions

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-139

  Ma, Jianxin ^a   Wing, Rod A ^b   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^c   Jackson, Scott A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; SISTER CHROMATID;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA, PLANT; DNA, SATELLITE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MODELS, GENETIC; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33847030761     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.01.004     Document Type: Review

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