Recombination and the maintenance of plant organelle genome stability

New Phytologist

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-317

  Maréchal, Alexandre ^a   Brisson, Normand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Genome stability; Microhomology; Mitochondria; Organelle; Plastid; Recombination; Replication

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLASTID; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

PROKARYOTA;

CELL ORGANELLE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; ORGANELLES; PLANTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954693072     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03195.x     Document Type: Review

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