Role of CG and non-CG methylation in immobilization of transposons in Arabidopsis

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-426

  Kato, Masaomi ^a,b   Miura, Asuka ^a,c   Bender, Judith ^d   Jacobsen, Steven E ^e   Kakutani, Tetsuji ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037418586     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00106-4     Document Type: Article

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