Multisubunit RNA polymerases IV and V: Purveyors of non-coding RNA for plant gene silencing

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 483-492

  Haag, Jeremy R ^a   Pikaard, Craig S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE IV; RNA POLYMERASE V; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA, PLANT; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79960716754     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3152     Document Type: Review

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