RNAi of met1 Reduces DNA methylation and induces genome-specific changes in gene expression and centromeric small RNA accumulation in Arabidopsis allopolyploids

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1845-1858

  Chen, Meng ^a   Ha, Misook ^b   Lackey, Erika ^b   Wang, Jianlin ^a,c   Chen, Z Jeffrey ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c RiceTec Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; METHIONINE 1; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MET1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALLOPOLYPLOIDY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; METABOLISM; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POLYPLOIDY; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS ARENOSA; ARABIDOPSIS SUECICA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; POLYPLOIDY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 45849142231     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.086272     Document Type: Article

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