SiRNA-directed DNA methylation in plants

Current Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-31

  Xie, Meng ^a   Yu, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

ARGONAUTE; DNA methylation; Plants; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 4 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SGS3 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOTIC STRESS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84926289705     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202915666141128002211     Document Type: Article

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