Epigenetic history of an Arabidopsis trans-silencer locus and a test for relay of trans-silencing activity

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Qin, Huaxia ^a   Von Arnim, Albrecht G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPISTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0038515644     PISSN: 14712229     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-2-11     Document Type: Article

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