Role of the Arabidopsis DRM methyltransferases in de novo DNA methylation and gene silencing

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1138-1144

  Cao, Xiaofeng ^a   Jacobsen, Steven E ^a,b  

^a and Developmental Biology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DRM1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DRM2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FWA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE SPECIFIC); SUPERMAN PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0037046810     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00925-9     Document Type: Article

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