Formation of stable epialleles and their paramutation-like interaction in tetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 450-454

  Mittelsten Scheid, Ortrun ^a   Afsar, Karin ^a   Paszkowski, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMOZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CINNAMATES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; HYGROMYCIN B; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPLOIDY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0042667121     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1210     Document Type: Article

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