Transgene silencing of the al-1 gene in vegetative cells of neurospora is mediated by a cytoplasmic effector and does not depend on DNA-DNA interactions or DNA methylation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3153-3163

  Cogoni, Carlo ^a   Irelan, Jeffrey T ^b   Schumacher, Marc ^c   Schmidhauser, Thomas J ^c   Selker, Eric U ^b   Macino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co suppression; DNA methylation; Neurospora crassa; Quelling; Silencing

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CYTOSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0029934123     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00678.x     Document Type: Article

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