Molecular biology of maize Ac/Ds elements: An overview

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1057, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-82

  Lazarow, Katina ^a   Doll, My Linh ^b   Kunze, Reinhard ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DDE transposase; Gene tagging; hAT transposon superfamily; Insertion mutagenesis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; INSECT GENOME; MAIZE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SISTER CHROMATID; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84934439539     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-568-2_5     Document Type: Article

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