Transcriptional silencing of arabidopsis endogenes by single-stranded RNAs targeting the promoter region

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 823-833

  Deng, Shulin ^a   Dai, Hongzheng ^a,b   Arenas, Catalina ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Niu, Qi Wen ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA directed DNA methylation; Single stranded RNA; Small RNAs; Too Many Mouths; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; HISTONE; PLANT RNA; T-DNA; TOO MANY MOUTHS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSS BREEDING; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; HISTONES; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84898836084     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu025     Document Type: Article

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