Mutation in the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase α influences transcriptional gene silencing and homologous recombination in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-45

  Liu, Jun ^a   Ren, Xiaozhi ^a   Yin, Haibo ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Xia, Ran ^a   Wang, Youqun ^a   Gong, Zhizhong ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; DNA polymerase alpha; Epigenetic; Homologous recombination

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; INCURVATA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ROS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA POLYMERASE I; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 72749091994     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04026.x     Document Type: Article

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