Accessible DNA and relative depletion of H3K9me2 at maize loci undergoing RNA-Directed DNA methylation

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4903-4917

  Gent, Jonathan I ^a   Madzima, Thelma F ^b   Bader, Rechien ^c   Kent, Matthew R ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyu ^a   Stam, Maike ^c   McGinnis, Karen M ^b   Dawea, R Kelly ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

CHROMATIN; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE; PLANT DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CENTROMERE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EUCHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME;

CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; EUCHROMATIN; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PLANT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84922156965     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.130427     Document Type: Article

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