Transcription from an upstream promoter controls methylation signaling from an inverted repeat of endogenous genes in Arabidopsis

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2036-2047

  Melquist, Stacey ^a,b   Bender, Judith ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosine methylation; Dicer; RNA silencing; RNA directed DNA methylation; Small RNAs

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PAI GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METHYLATION; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA VIRUS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0042662906     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1081603     Document Type: Article

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