Diversity of Pol IV function is defined by mutations at the maize rmr7 locus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Stonaker, Jennifer L ^a   Lim, Jana P ^a   Erhard Jr , Karl F ^a   Hollick, Jay B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN NRPD2A; RNA POLYMERASE 4; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRASS; MAIZE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RECESSIVE GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

DNA POLYMERASE BETA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, PLANT; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73649111706     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000706     Document Type: Article

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