A pair of transposons coordinately suppresses gene expression, independent of pathways mediated by siRNA in Antirrhinum

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-440

  Uchiyama, Takako ^a   Hiura, Satoshi ^a   Ebinuma, Izuru ^a   Senda, Mineo ^b   Mikami, Tetsuo ^a   Martin, Cathie ^c   Kishima, Yuji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum; Chalcone synthase; Interaction of transposons; nivea; SiRNA; Transposable element; Transposon Tam3

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT;

ALLELE; ANTIRRHINUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSS BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ALLELES; ANTIRRHINUM; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANTIRRHINUM;

EID: 84871339631     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12041     Document Type: Article

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