A novel Snf2 protein maintains trans-generational regulatory states established by paramutation in maize

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2156-2165

  Hale, Christopher J ^a   Stonaker, Jennifer L ^a   Gross, Stephen M ^a   Hollick, Jay B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA METHYLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA; RNA STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35648945855     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050275     Document Type: Article

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