Search Results - "Kumar, Rachana A."

Changes in DNA damage, molecular integrity, and copy number for plastid DNA and mitochondrial DNA during maize development by Kumar, Rachana A, Oldenburg, Delene J, Bendich, Arnold J

“…The amount and structural integrity of organellar DNAs change during plant development, although the mechanisms of change are poorly understood. Using…”
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Virus-induced gene silencing as a tool for comparative functional studies in Thalictrum by Di Stilio, Verónica S, Kumar, Rachana A, Oddone, Alessandra M, Tolkin, Theadora R, Salles, Patricia, McCarty, Kacie

“…Perennial woodland herbs in the genus Thalictrum exhibit high diversity of floral morphology, including four breeding and two pollination systems. Their…”
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Molecular integrity of chloroplast DNA and mitochondrial DNA in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells of maize by Kumar, Rachana A., Oldenburg, Delene J., Bendich, Arnold J.

“…Main conclusion When compared to maize mesophyll cells, the plastid and mitochondrial DNAs in bundle sheath cells are less fragmented, less damaged, and…”
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On the Fate of Plastid DNA Molecules during Leaf Development: Response to the Golczyk et al. Commentary by Oldenburg, Delene J., Rowan, Beth A., Kumar, Rachana A., Bendich, Arnold J.

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The amount and integrity of mtDNA in maize decline with development by Oldenburg, Delene J., Kumar, Rachana A., Bendich, Arnold J.

“…In maize and other grasses there is a developmental gradient from the meristematic cells at the base of the stalk to the differentiated cells at the leaf tip…”
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Distinguishing authentic mitochondrial and plastid DNAs from similar DNA sequences in the nucleus using the polymerase chain reaction by Kumar, Rachana A., Bendich, Arnold J.

“…DNA sequences similar to those in the organellar genomes are also found in the nucleus. These non-coding sequences may be co-amplified by PCR with the…”
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Changes in molecular integrity of chloroplast DNA and mitochondrial DNA in maize by Kumar, Rachana A

“…Genome copy number is typically two for the nucleus in diploid plants and animals, regardless of developmental or environmental changes, and nuclear DNA is…”
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Changes in molecular integrity of chloroplast DNA and mitochondrial DNA in maize by Kumar, Rachana A

“…Genome copy number is typically two for the nucleus in diploid plants and animals, regardless of developmental or environmental changes, and nuclear DNA is…”
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