RNA-directed DNA methylation

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-147

  Zhang, Huiming ^a   Zhu, Jian Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 79955120337     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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