Regulation of Imprinted Gene and Small RNA Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm
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1 Chapter I: Introduction 1 SUMMARY 2 FERTILIZATION AND ENDOSPERM DEVELOPMENT IN ARABIDOPSIS 3 IMPRINTED GENES 5 IMPRINTING BY METHYLATION AND HISTONE MODIFICATION 7 THEORIES FOR THE ROLE OF GENE IMPRINTING 11 Chapter II: Identification of imprinted genes in the Arabidopsis seed 13 INTRODUCTION 14 RESULTS 16 DISCUSSION 30 METHODS 33 Chapter III: Regulation of imprinting by DME, MET1 and/or FIE 35 INTRODUCTION 36 RESULTS 38 DISCUSSION 56 METHODS 57 Chapter IV: Maternal expression of siRNAs in the Arabidopsis seed 59 INTRODUCTION 60 RESULTS 64 DISCUSSION 71 METHODS 72 Chapter V: Summary 74 References 78
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تاریخ انتشار 2012