Chromosome-specific NOR inactivation explains selective rRNA gene silencing and dosage control in arabidopsis

Genes and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-190

  Chandrasekhara, Chinmayi ^a   Mohannath, Gireesha ^a   Blevins, Todd ^a,b,c   Pontvianne, Frederic ^a,d   Pikaard, Craig S ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Gene silencing; Nucleolus organizer region; rRNA gene subtypes; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; ECOTYPE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NOR2 GENE; NOR4 GENE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; ARABIDOPSIS; BREEDING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT GENOME; RNA GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SILENCING; GENES, RRNA; GENOME, PLANT; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84954523447     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.273755.115     Document Type: Article

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