The role of MET1 in RNA-directed de novo and maintenance methylation of CG dinucleotides

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 793-804

  Aufsatz, Werner ^a   Mette, M Florian ^b   Matzke, Antonius J M ^b   Matzke, Marjori ^a  

^a GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Dept Cytogenet Inst Plant G ^*

Author keywords

Cytosine methylation; DNA methyltransferase; MET1; Nopaline synthase promoter; RNA directed DNA methylation; Transcriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; REDUCTION; RNA;

DNA METHYLATION; GENE ENCODING; NOPALINE SYNTHASE (NOS); RNA SIGNALS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; NOPALINE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT RNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CPG ISLANDS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, PLANT;

ALLELES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHYLATION; MUTAGENS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; REDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; OTHER SEQUENCES;

EID: 8644233945     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0179-1     Document Type: Article

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