The maize b1 Paramutation control region causes epigenetic silencing in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 287, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 591-606

  McEachern, Lori A ^a   Lloyd, Vett K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; IMAGO; MAIZE; MAIZE B1 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DNA, PLANT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; ZEA MAYS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864823914     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0702-z     Document Type: Article

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