Paramutation of tobacco transgenes by small RNA-mediated transcriptional gene silencing

Epigenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 650-660

  Khaitová, Lucie Crhák ^a   Fojtová, Miloslava ^b   Křížová, Kateřina ^a   Lunerová, Jana ^a   Fulneček, Jaroslav ^a   Depicker, Anna ^c   Kovařík, Aleš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Small RNA; Transcriptional gene silencing; Transgene epialleles

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HYBRID; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 79957560211     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.6.5.15764     Document Type: Article

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