Repairing breaks in the plant genome: The importance of keeping it together

New Phytologist

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 805-822

  Waterworth, Wanda M ^a   Drury, Georgina E ^a   Bray, Clifford M ^b   West, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Cell cycle; DNA damage; DNA repair; Seeds

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

CHROMOSOME; CROP PLANT; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; RECOMBINATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; GENOME, PLANT; MUTAGENS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 81055157688     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03926.x     Document Type: Review

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