Gene silencing and homology-dependent gene silencing in Arabidopsis: Genetic modifiers and DNA methylation

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 651-662

  Furner, Ian J ^a   Sheikh, Mazhar A ^a   Collett, Clare E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, FUNGAL; KANAMYCIN KINASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUCROSE;

EID: 0031748054     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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