Genetic variation in epigenetic inheritance of ribosomal RNA gene methylation in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 524-532

  Riddle, Nicole C ^b   Richards, Eric J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosine methylation; Epigenetic; Nucleolus organizer region

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; EPISTATIC INTERACTIONS; FLOWERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; RNA, PLANT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GENES; GROWTH; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 14644415590     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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