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An internal rearrangement in an Arabidopsis inverted repeat locus impairs DNA methylation triggered by the locus.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2004
Melquist Stacey, Bender Judith
Abstract excerpt
In plants, transcribed inverted repeats trigger RNA interference (RNAi) and DNA methylation of identical sequences. RNAi is caused by processing of the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) transcript into small RNAs that promote degradation of complementary RNA sequences. However, the signals for DNA methylation remain to be fully elucidated. The Arabidopsis tryptophan biosynthetic PAI genes provide an endogenous inverted...
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