Changes in 24-nt siRNA levels in Arabidopsis hybrids suggest an epigenetic contribution to hybrid vigor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2617-2622

  Groszmann, Michael ^a,b   Greaves, Ian K ^a,c   Albertyn, Zayed I ^d   Scofield, Graham N ^a   Peacock, William J ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Australian National University   (Australia)

^d Novocraft Technologies   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Epigenome; Transacting siRNA; Transmethylation; Transposons; Yield increase

Indexed keywords

DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; ECOTYPE; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHIMERA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79952301195     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019217108     Document Type: Article

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