Transcription of nuclear organellar DNA in a model plant system

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1327-1334

  Wang, Dong ^a   Qu, Zhipeng ^b   Adelson, David L ^b   Zhu, Jian Kang ^a   Timmis, Jeremy N ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic gene transfer; Nuclear integrants of organellar DNA; Open chromatin

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZA; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84902965079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu111     Document Type: Article

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