Cytosine methylation at CG and CNG sites is not a prerequisite for the initiation of transcriptional gene silencing in plants, but it is required for its maintenance

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Dieguez M J ^a,c   Vaucheret, H ^b   Paszkowski, J ^a   Mittelsten Scheid, O ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic gene silencing; Non conventional methylation; Trans inactivation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA METHYLATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENT GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031684051     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050806     Document Type: Article

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