Extra views on RNA-dependent DNA methylation and MBD6-dependent heterochromatin formation in nucleolar dominance

Nucleus

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-259

  Costa Nunes, Pedro ^a   Pontes, Olga ^a   Preuss, Sasha B ^a,c   Pikaard, Craig S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis suecica; DNA methylation; Heterochromatin; Methylcytosine binding proteins; Nucleolar dominance; Ribosomal RNA; rRNA; Sirnas

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; METHYLCYTOSINE BINDING PROTEIN 6; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS SUECICA; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME NOR; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS SUECICA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77957663394     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.11741     Document Type: Article

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