Unpaired genes do not silence their paired neighbors

Current Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Kutil, Brandi L ^a   Seong, Kye Yong ^a   Aramayo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome pairing; Gene replacement; Locus engineering; Meiotic silencing; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA HOMOLOG; RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEIOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHROMOSOME PAIRING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; NEUROSPORA; PLASMIDS;

NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0141743656     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0412-5     Document Type: Article

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