Methylation of cytosines in nonconventional methylation acceptor sites can contribute to reduced gene expression

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 581-588

  Dieguez M J ^a   Bellotto, M ^a,b   Afsar, K ^a   Mittelsten Scheid, O ^a   Paszkowski, J ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene expression; Gene silencing

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; SILENCER GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOPLASTS; RIBONUCLEASES; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031025670     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050360     Document Type: Article

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