Uniparental expression of PolIV-dependent siRNAs in developing endosperm of Arabidopsis

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7252, 2009, Pages 283-286

  Mosher, Rebecca A ^a   Melnyk, Charles W ^a   Kelly, Krystyna A ^a   Dunn, Ruth M ^a   Studholme, David J ^b   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67650461957     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08084     Document Type: Article

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