An inverted repeat triggers cytosine methylation of identical sequences in Arabidopsis

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 505-511

  Luff, Bradley ^a   Pawlowski, Laura ^a   Bender, Judith ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033120047     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80478-5     Document Type: Article

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