RNA-directed DNA methylation induces transcriptional activation in plants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1660-1665

  Shibuya, Kenichi ^a,b   Fukushima, Setsuko ^a   Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epiallele; Flower; MADS box; Petunia; RdDM

Indexed keywords

RNA; PLANT RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CARPEL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PETUNIA; PLANT; PLANT EVOLUTION; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAMEN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE;

PETUNIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; PETUNIA; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 60849099327     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809294106     Document Type: Article

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