Interplay of Ribosomal DNA Loci in Nucleolar Dominance: Dominant NORs Are Up-Regulated by Chromatin Dynamics in the Wheat-Rye System

Manuela Silva; H. Sofia Pereira; Miguel Bento; Ana Paula Santos; Peter Shaw; Margarida Delgado; Nuno Neves; Wanda Viegas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003824

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Interplay of Ribosomal DNA Loci in Nucleolar Dominance: Dominant NORs Are Up-Regulated by Chromatin Dynamics in the Wheat-Rye System

Manuela Silva ,

* E-mail: manuelasilva@isa.utl.pt

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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H. Sofia Pereira,

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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Miguel Bento,

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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Ana Paula Santos,

Affiliations Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal, Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Peter Shaw,

Affiliation Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Margarida Delgado,

Affiliations Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa, Portugal
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Nuno Neves,

Affiliations Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte da Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
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Wanda Viegas

Affiliation Centro de Botânica Aplicada à Agricultura, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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Interplay of Ribosomal DNA Loci in Nucleolar Dominance: Dominant NORs Are Up-Regulated by Chromatin Dynamics in the Wheat-Rye System

Manuela Silva,
H. Sofia Pereira,
Miguel Bento,
Ana Paula Santos,
Peter Shaw,
Margarida Delgado,
Nuno Neves,
Wanda Viegas

Published: December 2, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003824

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