Dicentric Chromosome Formation and Epigenetics of Centromere Formation in Plants

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-130

  Fu, Shulan ^a   Gao, Zhi ^b   Birchler, James ^b   Han, Fangpu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromere; Epigenetics; Inactivation; Maize; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; WHEAT;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HISTONES; KINETOCHORES; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, GENETIC; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859006410     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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