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Paramutation: a heritable change in gene expression by allelic interactions in trans.
Molecular plant - 1 Jul 2009
Stam Maike
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic gene regulation involves the stable propagation of gene activity states through mitotic, and sometimes even meiotic, cell divisions without changes in DNA sequence. Paramutation is an epigenetic phenomenon involving changes in gene expression that are stably transmitted through mitosis as well as meiosis. These heritable changes are mediated by in trans interactions between homologous DNA sequences on...
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