RNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing in plants can be inherited independently of the RNA trigger and requires Met1 for maintenance

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 747-757

  Jones, Louise ^a   Ratcliff, Frank ^a   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HERITABILITY; INHERITANCE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RNA;

EID: 0035873992     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00226-3     Document Type: Article

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