Age-associated alterations in the somatic mutation and DNA methylation levels in plants

Plant Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-196

  Dubrovina, A S ^a   Kiselev, K V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b FAR EASTERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Plant ageing; Plant cell cultures; Plant senescence; Somaclonal variation; Somatic DNA mutations

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; PLANT CELL;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLANT CELLS; PLANTS;

EID: 84957848393     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12375     Document Type: Article

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