Stress-induced transcriptional activation of retrotransposon-like sequences in the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) genome

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 937-951

  Voronova, Angelika ^a   Belevich, Viktorija ^a   Jansons, Aris ^a   Rungis, Dainis ^a  

^a LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Chloroplast insertions; Non coding RNA; Retrotransposon; Scots pine; Transcription; Transposon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904541292     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-014-0733-1     Document Type: Article

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