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RNA-mediated trans-communication can establish paramutation at the b1 locus in maize.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Jul 2010
Arteaga-Vazquez Mario, Sidorenko Lyudmila, Rabanal Fernando A, Shrivistava Roli, Nobuta Kan, Green Pamela J, Meyers Blake C, Chandler Vicki L
Abstract excerpt
Paramutation is the epigenetic transfer of information between alleles that leads to the heritable change of expression of one allele. Paramutation at the b1 locus in maize requires seven noncoding tandem repeat (b1TR) sequences located approximately 100 kb upstream of the transcription start sit...
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