Investigation of the origin and transmission of linear mitochondrial plasmid based on phylogenetic analysis in Japanese rapeseed varieties

Genome

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Handa, Hirokazu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L.; Linear plasmid; Mitochondrial genome; Rapeseed; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURNIP;

BRASSICA RAPA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 34249825794     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G06-150     Document Type: Article

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