Cytosine methylation is associated with RNA silencing in silenced plants but not with systemic and transitive RNA silencing through grafting

Gene

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-331

  Haque, A K M Nazmul ^a   Yamaoka, Naoto ^a   Nishiguchi, Masamichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coat protein; Grafting; Nicotiana benthamiana; RNA silencing; RNA dependent DNA methylation; Sweet potato feathery mottle virus

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; RNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; METHYLATION; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GRAFTING; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEET POTATO MOTTLE VIRUS; TRANSGENE; VIRUS;

CPG ISLANDS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 34250675672     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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