Distribution of Eu- and heterochromatin in plantagoovata

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Dhar, M K ^a   Fuchs, J ^b   Houben, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Euchromatin; Genome; Heterochromatin; Histone methylation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE H3; LYSINE;

ARTICLE; C BANDING; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME ARM; DNA CONTENT; EUCHROMATIN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANTAGO OVATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMETAPHASE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; EUCHROMATIN; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; PLANTAGO;

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 70349147034     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230007     Document Type: Article

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