Hypomethylation and transcriptional reactivation of retrotransposon-like sequences in ddm1 transgenic plants of Brassica rapa

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-473

  Fujimoto, Ryo ^a,b   Sasaki, Taku ^a   Inoue, Hisashi ^a   Nishio, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

DDM1; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Retrotransposon; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROPOSON; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TURNIP;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA RAPA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; METHYLATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RETROELEMENTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 42149184709     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9285-1     Document Type: Article

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