Characterization of Eu- and heterochromatin of citrus with a focus on the condensation behavior of 45S rDNA chromatin

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Marques, A ^a,b   Fuchs, J ^a   Ma, L ^a   Heckmann, S ^a   Guerra, M ^b   Houben, A ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Citrus; Euchromatin; Genome size; Heterochromatin; Histone methylation; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

45S RIBOSOMAL DNA; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; HISTONE H3; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CITRUS CLEMENTINA; CITRUS FRUIT; DEPLETION; DNA METHYLATION; EUCHROMATIN; GRAPEFRUIT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE METHYLATION; MANDARIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEET ORANGE;

CITRUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUCHROMATIN; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING;

CITRUS; CITRUS CLEMENTINA; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 79955471128     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323971     Document Type: Article

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