Gene silencing mediated by promoter homology occurs at the level of transcription and results in meiotically heritable alterations in methylation and gene activity

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-194

  Park, Y D ^a   Papp, I ^a   Moscone, E A ^a   Iglesias, V A ^a   Vaucheret, H ^b   Matzke, A J M ^a   Matzke, M A ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS;

HYGROMYCIN B KINASE; HYGROMYCIN-B KINASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CROSS BREEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BASE SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MEIOSIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030087727     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09020183.x     Document Type: Article

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