The stochastic silencing phenotype of Arabidopsis morc6 mutants reveals a role in efficient RNA -directed DNA methylation

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 836-846

  Brabbs, Thomas R ^a   He, Zhesi ^a   Hogg, Karen ^a   Kamenski, Andrei ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Paszkiewicz, Konrad H ^b   Moore, Karen A ^b   O'Toole, Peter ^a   Graham, Ian A ^a   Jones, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; chromatin; gene silencing; GFP; MORC; RdDM

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GFP; MORC; RDDM;

CHROMOSOMES; MAINTENANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MORC6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GFP; METABOLISM; MORC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PROMOTER REGION; RDDM; STATISTICS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GFP; MORC; RDDM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84883258403     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12246     Document Type: Article

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