Homologous Recombination in Plants: An Antireview

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 701, Issue , 2011, Pages 51-65

  Lieberman Lazarovich, Michal ^a   Levy, Avraham A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Gene targeting; Homologous recombination; Meiotic recombination; Plant breeding; Zinc finger nuclease

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHROMATIN; DNA, PLANT; GENE TARGETING; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; PLANTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79953796527     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-957-4_3     Document Type: Chapter

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