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Maize RNA polymerase IV defines trans-generational epigenetic variation.
The Plant cell - 1 Mar 2013
Erhard Karl F, Parkinson Susan E, Gross Stephen M, Barbour Joy-El R, Lim Jana P, Hollick Jay B
Abstract excerpt
The maize (Zea mays) RNA Polymerase IV (Pol IV) largest subunit, RNA Polymerase D1 (RPD1 or NRPD1), is required for facilitating paramutations, restricting expression patterns of genes required for normal development, and generating small interfering RNA (siRNAs). Despite this expanded role for maize Pol IV relative to Arabidopsis thaliana, neither the general characteristics of Pol IV-regulated haplotypes, nor...
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