RNA-directed DNA methylation
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Plant Molecular Biology
- Vol. 43 (2/3) , 203-220
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006479327881
Abstract
RNA-DNA interactions can serve as a signal that triggers de novoDNA methylation in plants. As yet, this RNA-directed DNA methylation mechanism merely targets transgenes, but it appears likely that...Keywords
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