Disruption of the plant gene MOM releases transcriptional silencing of methylated genes

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6783, 2000, Pages 203-206

  Amedeo, Paolo ^a   Habu, Yoshiki ^a   Afsar, Karin ^a   Scheld, Ortrun Mittelsten ^a   Paszkowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CINNAMATES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HYGROMYCIN B; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034636551     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35012108     Document Type: Article

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