Condensation of chromatin in transcriptional regions of an inactivated plant transgene: Evidence for an active role of transcription in gene silencing

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Van Blokland, R ^a   Ten Lohuis, M ^b   Meyer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; DNA methylation; Gene silencing; Transgene stability

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, PLANT; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0031431112     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050617     Document Type: Article

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