An atypical epigenetic mechanism affects uniparental expression of Pol IV-dependent sirnas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Mosher, Rebecca A ^a,b   Tan, Ek Han ^c   Shin, Juhyun ^d   Fischer, Robert L ^d   Pikaard, Craig S ^c   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLASE MUTY; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE IV; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE; LYSINE; RNA POLYMERASE IV, ARABIDOPSIS;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; UNIPARENTAL EXPRESSION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ENDOSPERM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; HISTONES; LYSINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 80053915058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025756     Document Type: Article

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