Homology-dependent gene silencing mechanisms in fungi

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2001, Pages 381-406

  Cogoni, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Quelling; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FUNGI; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 0034770089     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.55.1.381     Document Type: Review

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