POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL SILENCING OF REPORTER TRANSGENES IN TOBACCO CORRELATES WITH DNA METHYLATION

被引:222
作者
INGELBRECHT, I [1 ]
VANHOUDT, H [1 ]
VANMONTAGU, M [1 ]
DEPICKER, A [1 ]
机构
[1] STATE UNIV GHENT,GENET LAB,B-9000 GHENT,BELGIUM
关键词
COSUPPRESSION; CYTOSINE METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.91.22.10502
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Endogenous plant genes or transgenes can be silenced on introduction of homologous gene sequences. Here we document a reporter gene-silencing event in Nicotiana tabacum that has a distinctive combination of features-i.e., (i) silencing occurs by a posttranscriptional process, (ii) silencing correlates with DNA methylation, and (iii) this de novo methylation is not restricted to cytosines located in the symmetrical moths CG and CXG.
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页码:10502 / 10506
页数:5
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