Paramutation: A Heritable Change in Gene Expression by Allelic Interactions in Trans

Molecular Plant

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 578-588

  Stam, Maike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epigenetic memory; Epigenetics; In trans interactions; Paramutation; Physical pairing; RdDM; RNAi; Silencing

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68549130681     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp020     Document Type: Review

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