A mobile signal transported over a long distance induces systemic transcriptional gene silencing in a grafted partner

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4561-4570

  Bai, Songling ^a,b   Kasai, Atsushi ^a   Yamada, Kaori ^a   Li, Tianzhong ^c   Harada, Takeo ^a,b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epigenetic change; grafting; RNA directed DNA methylation; short interfering RNA; systemic silencing; transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; REGENERATION; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGENERATION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052902600     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err163     Document Type: Article

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