Transgene-induced silencing of Arabidopsis phytochrome A gene via exonic methylation

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1105-1118

  Chawla, Rekha ^a   Nicholson, Scott J ^a   Folta, Kevin M ^b   Srivastava, Vibha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin modification; DNA methylation; Epi allele; Phytochrome A; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; METHYLATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

CHROMATIN MODIFICATION; DNA METHYLATION; EXONIC REGIONS; GENE ACTIVITY; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROMES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL SILENCING; TRANSGENES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

HISTONE; PHYTOCHROME A;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 36849042616     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03301.x     Document Type: Article

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