Organelle nuclei in higher plants: Structure, composition, function, and evolution

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 238, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 59-118

  Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^b   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^c  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; DNA binding protein; Gene duplication; Mitochondrial nuclei; Nucleoids; Organelle nuclei; Plastid nuclei; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; PROTEINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

CELL ORGANELLE; DNA REPLICATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4444236724     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)38002-2     Document Type: Article

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