DNA methylation inhibits elongation but not initiation of transcription in Neurospora crassa

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2383-2395

  Rountree, Michael R ^a,b   Selker, Eric U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 azacytidine; Dim; DNA methylation; Neurospora; RIP; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CYTOSINE; DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SILENCER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030885667     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.18.2383     Document Type: Article

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