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siRNA-mediated methylation of Arabidopsis telomeres.
PLoS genetics - 10 Jun 2010
Vrbsky Jan, Akimcheva Svetlana, Watson J Matthew, Turner Thomas L, Daxinger Lucia, Vyskot Boris, Aufsatz Werner, Riha Karel
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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 t...
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