Paramutation and development

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2010, Pages 557-579

  Hollick, Jay B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

epigenetic; heterochromatin; RNA polymerase; RNA directed DNA methylation

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE IV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUTATION; PLANT;

ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLANTS; RNA; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78049386260     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.042308.113400     Document Type: Review

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