Hypothesis: Selection of imprinted genes is driven by silencing deleterious gene activity in somatic tissues

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-29

  Berger, F ^a   Vu, T M ^a   Li, J ^a   Chen, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEED DEVELOPMENT; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; FLOWERING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT TISSUE; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84881495324     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2012.77.014514     Document Type: Article

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