Cytosine methylation associated with repeat-induced point mutation causes epigenetic gene silencing in Neurospora crassa

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 509-523

  Irelan, Jeffrey T ^a   Selker, Eric U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; HYGROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SILENCER GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AZACITIDINE; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYGROMYCIN B; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POINT MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TEMPERATURE;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0030979503     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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