Cryptmeria japonica Chloroplast DNA Publications

1) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, N. Miyamoto & K. Takata. 2008. Development and characterization of chloroplast microsatellite markers for Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 122-124.

2) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, M. Kurita, T. Kondo & K. Takata. 2008. Complete nucleotide sequence of the Cryptomeria japonica D. Don. chloroplast genome and comparative chloroplast genomics: diversified genomic structure of coniferous species. BMC Plant Biology 8: 70.

3) Hirao, T., A. Watanabe, M. Kurita, T. Kondo & K. Takata. 2009. A frameshift mutation of the chloroplast matK coding region is associated with chlorophyll deficiency in the Cryptomeria japonica virescent mutant Wogon-Sugi. Current Genetics 55: 311-321.

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