Reactivation of a silenced minimal Mutator transposable element system following low-energy nitrogen ion implantation in maize

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1365-1376

  Qian, Yexiong ^a   Cheng, Xiao ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Jiang, Haiyang ^a   Zhu, Suwen ^a   Cheng, Beijiu ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytosine methylation; Low energy ion implantation; Maize; Mutator element

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GERMINATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GERMINATION; NITROGEN; POLLEN; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78349312522     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0922-9     Document Type: Article

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