Genetic analysis and epigenetic silencing of At4CL1 and At4Cl2 expression in transgenic Arabidopsis

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1124-1136

  Soltani, Bahram M ^a   Ehlting, Jürgen ^a   Douglas, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Gene silencing; Methylation; Phenylpropanoid metabolism; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

5-AZACYTIDINE; BETA-GLUCURONIDASE; CARBON FLOW; CURRENT MODELS; DIFFERENT MODES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC SILENCING; EPIGENETICS; GENE FAMILIES; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GUS EXPRESSION; ISOLATED MUTANTS; METHYL SULFATE; MUTANT LINES; PHENYLPROPANOIDS; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; REGULATORY GENES; REPORTER GENE; SOUTHERN ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENE SILENCING; TRANSGENIC ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSGENIC LINES; XYLEM TISSUES;

ALKYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

4CL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COENZYME A LIGASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 34250614538     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200600140     Document Type: Article

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