Production of aberrant promoter transcripts contributes to methylation and silencing of unlinked homologous promoters in trans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 241-248

  Mette, M F ^a   Van Der Winden, J ^a   Matzke, M A ^a   Matzke, A J M ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aberrant RNA; DNA cytosine methylation; Homology dependent gene silencing; Inverted repeats; Trans silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NOPALINE; POLYADENYLATED RNA; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; CHIMERA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0033521652     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.1.241     Document Type: Article

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