Hypomethylating drugs efficiently decrease cytosine methylation in telomeric DNA and activate telomerase without affecting telomere lengths in tobacco cells

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 371-380

  Majerová, Eva ^a   Fojtová, Miloslava ^a   Mozgová, Iva ^a   Bittová, Miroslava ^a   Fajkus, J ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cell culture; DNA methylation; Hypomethylating agents; Nicotiana tabacum; Telomere; Zebularine

Indexed keywords

9 (2,3 DIHYDROXYPROPYL)ADENINE; 9-(2,3-DIHYDROXYPROPYL)ADENINE; ADENINE; CYTIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLANT DNA; PYRIMIDIN 2 ONE BETA RIBOFURANOSIDE; PYRIMIDIN-2-ONE BETA-RIBOFURANOSIDE; TELOMERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE; TOBACCO;

ADENINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTIDINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; PLANT PROTEINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80054047834     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9816-7     Document Type: Article

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