Epigenetic control of a transposon-inactivated gene in Neurospora is dependent on DNA methylation

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-146

  Cambareri, Edward B ^a,c   Foss, Henriette M ^b   Rountree, Michael R ^b   Selker, Eric U ^b   Kinsey, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; NEUROSPORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; REVERTANT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ALLELES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCINE; METHYLATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROELEMENTS;

EID: 0029997348     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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