Spreading of heterochromatin is limited to specific families of maize retrotransposons.

Transposable elements (TEs) have the potential to act as controlling elements to influence the expression of genes and are often subject to heterochromatic silencing. The current paradigm suggests that heterochromatic silencing can spread beyond the borders of TEs and influence the chromatin state o...

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Main Authors: Steven R Eichten, Nathanael A Ellis, Irina Makarevitch, Cheng-Ting Yeh, Jonathan I Gent, Lin Guo, Karen M McGinnis, Xiaoyu Zhang, Patrick S Schnable, Matthew W Vaughn, R Kelly Dawe, Nathan M Springer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521669?pdf=render