The plastid genomes of flowering plants

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1132, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-38

  Ruhlman, Tracey A ^a   Jansen, Robert K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Angiosperm; DNA recombination; DNA repair; DNA replication; Genome evolution; Inheritance; Intergenic region; Inverted repeat; Phylogeny; Plastome

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PLASTID DNA; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL NUCLEUS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK REPAIR; EVOLUTION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; INHERITANCE; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA REPAIR; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLASTID; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; PLASTIDS; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84910132543     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-995-6_1     Document Type: Article

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