Molecular and cytogenetic characterization of a transgene locus that induces silencing and methylation of homologous promoters in trans

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Jakowitsch, Johannes ^a   Papp, István ^a,b   Moscone, Eduardo A ^a,c   Van Der Winden, Johannes ^a   Matzke, Marjori ^a   Matzke, Antonius J M ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Inst Multidisciplinario Biol V   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; CAULIMOVIRUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033024782     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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