Epigenetic silencing of RNA polymerase I transcription: A role for DNA methylation and histone modification in nucleolar dominance

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2124-2136

  Chen, Z Jeffrey ^a   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica; Gene expression; Nucleolus; rDNA; rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; BUTYRIC ACID; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA RAPA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030799238     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.16.2124     Document Type: Article

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