Natural variation in DNA methylation in ribosomal RNA genes of <it>Arabidopsis thaliana</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>DNA methylation is an important biochemical mark that silences repetitive sequences, such as transposons, and reinforces epigenetic gene expression states. An important class of repetitive genes under epigenetic control in eukaryotic...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Plant Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/8/92 |