Small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting of endogenous promoters induces DNA methylation, but not necessarily gene silencing, in rice

Plant Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-77

  Okano, Yosuke ^a   Miki, Daisuke ^a   Shimamoto, Ko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin inactivation; Histone modification; Rice; RNA directed DNA methylation; siRNA

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PROTEINS;

CHROMATIN INACTIVATION; GENOMIC SEQUENCES; HISTONE MODIFICATION; RNA-DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION; SIRNA;

RNA;

HISTONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; IMMUNOASSAY; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 37249066686     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03313.x     Document Type: Article

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