Methylation-Sensitive Expression of a DNA Demethylase Gene Serves As an Epigenetic Rheostat

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Williams, Ben P ^a   Pignatta, Daniela ^a   Henikoff, Steven ^b   Gehring, Mary ^a,c  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; METHYLATION; SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT GENOME; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ROS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLINGS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84949968449     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005142     Document Type: Article

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