De novo DNA methylation activity of METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 (MET1) partially restores body methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1029-1037

  Zubko, Elena ^a   Gentry, Matt ^a   Kunova, Andrea ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; body methylation; CG methylation; DNA methylation; MET1

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSFER; GERMLINE; ITS EFFICIENCIES; MET1; METHYLTRANSFERASES; RANDOM TARGETS; SMALL RNA;

ALKYLATION; GENES; RESTORATION; RNA; SITE SELECTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

METHYLATION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MET1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84866109818     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05051.x     Document Type: Article

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