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A WD40-repeat containing protein, similar to a fungal co-repressor, is required for transcriptional gene silencing in Chlamydomonas.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2002
Zhang Chaomei, Wu-Scharf Dancia, Jeong Byeong-ryool, Cerutti Heriberto
Abstract excerpt
In higher plants, mammals, and filamentous fungi, transcriptional gene silencing is frequently associated with DNA methylation. However, recent evidence suggests that certain transgenes can be inactivated by a methylation independent mechanism. In the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, single-copy transgenes are transcriptionally silenced without discernible cytosine methylation of the introduced...
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