Metal A and metal B sites of nuclear RNA polymerases Pol IV and Pol V are required for siRNA-dependent DNA methylation and gene silencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Haag, Jeremy R ^a   Pontes, Olga ^a   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL; METAL A; METAL B; NUCLEAR RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE IV; RNA POLYMERASE V; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE IV, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; RETROPOSON; UBIQUITINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EUKARYOTA; IVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE SILENCING; ISOENZYMES; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 58149469958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004110     Document Type: Article

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