RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is required for enhancer-mediated transcriptional silencing associated with paramutation at the maize p1 gene

Genetics

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1983-1993

  Sidorenko, Lyudmila ^a   Chandler, Vicki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Thomas W Keating Bioresearch Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; INDUCED MUTATION; MAIZE; MOP1 GENE; NONHUMAN; P1 GENE; PARAMUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSGENE;

ALLELES; DNA, PLANT; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA REPLICASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 61849138270     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.095281     Document Type: Article

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