Gene structure induced epigenetic modifications of pericarp color1 alleles of maize result in tissue-specific mosaicism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Robbins, Michael L ^a   Wang, Pohao ^a   Sekhon, Rajandeep S ^a,b   Chopra, Surinder ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PERICARP COLOR1 PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GLUME; MAIZE; MOSAICISM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MOSAICISM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949501519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008231     Document Type: Article

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