Locus-specific ribosomal RNA gene silencing in nucleolar dominance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lewis, Michelle S ^a   Pikaard, Diane J ^a   Nasrallah, Mikhail ^b   Doelling, Jed H ^c   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; HYBRID GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLAR DOMINANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSGENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOLUS; RNA GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC LOCI; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 41049110823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000815     Document Type: Article

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