| Literature DB >> 10664453 |
H Van Houdt1, A Kovarík, M Van Montagu, A Depicker.
Abstract
Tobacco plants containing a transgene locus with two chimeric neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) genes in tail-to-tail orientation (locus 1) show posttranscriptional gene silencing. The silenced nptII transgenes of locus 1 can downregulate the expression of homologous nptII transgenes in hybrid plants. The 3' region of the silenced nptII genes located in the center of the inverted repeat locus 1 is extensively methylated. Moreover, 3' segments of in trans-inactivated transgenes also become methylated, suggesting cross-talk between homologous posttranscriptionally silenced genes. Our results are in accordance with the hypothesis that this cross-talk can be mediated by specially featured RNAs.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10664453 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01076-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124