Multiple DNA methyltransferase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-278

  Genger, Ruth K ^a,b,c   Kovac, Kathryn A ^a,c   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Peacock, W James ^a,b   Finnegan, E Jean ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Centre for Plant Science ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense; Chromodomain; DNA methylation; METI; Plant

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033197610     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006347010369     Document Type: Article

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