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SLTAB2 is the paramutated SULFUREA locus in tomato.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Apr 2016
Gouil Quentin, Novák Ondřej, Baulcombe David C
Abstract excerpt
The sulfurea (sulf) allele is a silent epigenetic variant of a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) gene affecting pigment production. It is homozygous lethal but, in a heterozygote sulf/+, the wild-type (wt) allele undergoes silencing so that the plants exhibit chlorotic sectors. This transfer of the silenced state between alleles is termed paramutation and is best characterized in maize. To understand the mechanism of...
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