Paramutation phenomena in plants

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 2-10

  Pilu, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Gene silencing; Paramutation; Plants

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ALLELE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAIZE; MUS MUSCULUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NONHUMAN; OENOTHERA; PEA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOMATO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT;

ANIMALS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MUTATION; PLANTS;

EID: 84947865721     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.08.015     Document Type: Review

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