RNAi, DRD1, and histone methylation actively target developmentally important Non-CG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 0791-0797

  Chan, Simon W L ^a,b   Henderson, Ian R ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyu ^a   Shah, Govind ^a   Chien, Jason S C ^a,c   Jacobsen, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CMT3; PROTEIN DDM1; PROTEIN DRD1; PROTEIN DRM1; PROTEIN DRM2; PROTEIN MET1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CMT3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DRD1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DRM1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DRM2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE SPECIFIC);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 33745726564     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020083     Document Type: Article

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