siRNA-mediated methylation of Arabidopsis telomeres.

Chromosome termini form a specialized type of heterochromatin that is important for chromosome stability. The recent discovery of telomeric RNA transcripts in yeast and vertebrates raised the question of whether RNA-based mechanisms are involved in the formation of telomeric heterochromatin. In this...

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Main Authors: Jan Vrbsky, Svetlana Akimcheva, J Matthew Watson, Thomas L Turner, Lucia Daxinger, Boris Vyskot, Werner Aufsatz, Karel Riha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2883606?pdf=render