Functional diversification of maize RNA polymerase IV and V subtypes via alternative catalytic subunits

Cell Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 378-390

  Haag, Jeremy R ^a,b   Brower Toland, Brent ^c   Krieger, Elysia K ^c   Sidorenko, Lyudmila ^d   Nicora, Carrie D ^e   Norbeck, Angela D ^e   Irsigler, Andre ^f,g   LaRue, Huachun ^c   Brzeski, Jan ^d   McGinnis, Karen ^f   Ivashuta, Sergey ^c   Pasa Tolic, Ljiljana ^e   Chandler, Vicki L ^d   Pikaard, Craig S ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGO121 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MOP1 PROTEIN; RMR1 PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE IV; RNA POLYMERASE V; SHH2A PROTEIN; SHH2B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907974641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.08.067     Document Type: Article

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