Recognition and silencing of repeated DNA

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2000, Pages 187-204

  Hsieh, J ^a   Fire, A ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; DNA methylation; Heterochromatin; Repeat associated gene silencing; Transposon

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROSPORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA; GENE SILENCING; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; NEUROSPORA;

EID: 0034499304     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.34.1.187     Document Type: Review

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