Role of the DRM and CMT3 Methyltransferases in RNA-Directed DNA Methylation

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2212-2217

  Cao, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Aufsatz, Werner ^c   Zilberman, Daniel ^b   Mette, M Florian ^c   Huang, Michael S ^b   Matzke, Marjori ^c   Jacobsen, Steven E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 0347033302     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.11.052     Document Type: Article

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