IDN2 has a role downstream of siRNA formation in RNA-directed DNA methylation

Epigenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 950-960

  Finke, Andreas ^a   Kuhlmann, Markus ^a   Mette, Michael Florian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; At3g23780; At3g48670; IDN2; Mutagenesis; NRPD2a NRPE2a; RNA directed DNA methylation; Short interfering RNA; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; KANAMYCIN; NOPALINE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE; IDN2 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84864676590     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.21237     Document Type: Article

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