Gene Silencing - Specific Studies of Gene Silencing

Specific Studies of Gene Silencing

There are several more terms related to specific topics of gene silencing:

Transcriptional Gene Silencing:

  • Genomic Imprinting
  • Paramutation
  • Transposon silencing
  • Transgene silencing
  • Transcriptional gene silencing
  • position effect
  • RNA-directed DNA methylation

Post-transcriptional Gene Silencing:

  • RNA interference
  • Nonsense mediated decay

Meiotic gene silencing:

  • Transvection
  • Meiotic silencing of unpaired DNA

Cellular components of gene silencing:

  • Histones
  • Chromatin and heterochromatin
  • MicroRNA
  • siRNA
  • dsRNA
  • Dicer
  • Transposons

Ribozyme and antisense technology are the two approaches used to exact post transcriptional gene silencing in order to suppress a gene of interest.

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