gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation (Q7277124)
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An epigenetic RNA-based gene silencing process first elucidated in plants whereby 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methyltransferases to the siRNA-generating genomic loci and other loci that are homologous to the siRNAs for de novo DNA
- RNA-directed DNA methylation
- RdDM
- GO:0080188
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| English | gene silencing by RNA-directed DNA methylation |
An epigenetic RNA-based gene silencing process first elucidated in plants whereby 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methyltransferases to the siRNA-generating genomic loci and other loci that are homologous to the siRNAs for de novo DNA |
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- enwiki RNA-directed DNA methylation