Universal endogenous gene controls for bisulphite conversion in analysis of plant DNA methylation

Plant Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Chongnan ^a   Long, Yan ^a   Hopkins, Clare ^b   Kurup, Smita ^b   Liu, Kede ^a   King, Graham J ^c   Meng, Jinling ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisulphite; Dna methylation; Plants

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 82455168223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-7-39     Document Type: Article

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