The role of long non-coding RNA in transcriptional gene silencing

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 517-522

  Wierzbicki, Andrzej T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; RNA POLYMERASE IV, ARABIDOPSIS; RNA POLYMERASE V, ARABIDOPSIS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84869489307     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.08.008     Document Type: Review

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