An inverted repeat transgene with a structure that cannot generate double-stranded RNA, suffers silencing independent of DNA methylation

Transgenic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-500

  Skårn, Magne ^a,b   Eike, Morten C ^a,b   Meza, Trine J ^a   Mercy, Inderjit S ^a,c   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^a   Aalen, Reidunn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; GC content; Matrix attachment regions; Position effect; Transcriptional interference; Transgene silencing

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PLANT DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33747038122     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-0019-y     Document Type: Article

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