RNA-directed DNA methylation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4881-4888

  Mathieu, Olivier ^a   Bender, Judith ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosine methylation; Heterochromatin; RNA interference; siRNAs; Transposons

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT RNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON; VIRAL GENETICS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 8744234971     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01479     Document Type: Article

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