Inverted-Repeat RNAs Targeting FT Intronic Regions Promote FT Expression in Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1667-1678

  Deng, Shulin ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; FT; Intragenic DNA methylation; RNA directed DNA methylation; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HISTONE CODE; INTRON; INVERTED REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; HISTONE CODE; INTRONS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, PLANT; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84939507714     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv091     Document Type: Article

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