Lower levels of transgene silencing in roots is associated with reduced DNA methylation levels at non-symmetrical sites but not at symmetrical sites

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-435

  Andika, Ida Bagus ^a   Kondo, Hideki ^a   Rahim, Muhammad Danial ^a   Tamada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; RNA silencing; Root tissue; Transposon silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TISSUE;

DNA METHYLATION; RNA SILENCING; ROOT TISSUE; TRANSPOSON SILENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BINDING SITES; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SULFITES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; TISSUE;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 33644661422     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-4429-7     Document Type: Article

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