Cytogenetics for the study of telomere function in plants

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 374-379

  Siroky, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; PLANT DNA; TELOMERASE;

ANAPHASE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CYTOGENETICS; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 59649104660     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167825     Document Type: Short Survey

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