Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation uncovers an interdependence between methylation and transcription

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-69

  Zilberman, Daniel ^a   Gehring, Mary ^a,b   Tran, Robert K ^a,b,c   Ballinger, Tracy ^a,b   Henikoff, Steven ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845880624     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1929     Document Type: Article

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