Paramutagenicity of a p1 epiallele in maize

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-177

  Goettel, Wolfgang ^a   Messing, Joachim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOGENOUS GENES; FLORAL ORGANS; MAIZE GENOME; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TRANS-GENES; TRANSCRIPTIONALLY ACTIVE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ZEA MAYS;

ALKYLATION; DNA SEQUENCES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES;

CYTOSINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CPG ISLAND; CROSS BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT GENE;

ALLELES; CPG ISLANDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871926341     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1970-z     Document Type: Article

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