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For example, limitation of the essential nutrient zinc triggered diverse gene-expression changes in the cell [ 4].
Charles' recent monograph The Caucasian Coefficient has triggered a fierce debate in academic circles.
Transection of the peripheral axons of primary sensory neurons results in profound alterations in their metabolism, regenerative capacity, survival, excitability, transmitter function and sensitivity to diverse extrinsic and intrinsic signals [ 1 2 ] . These changes are contributed to by transcriptional alterations triggered by a loss of trophic support from peripheral target organs, and by novel signals generated at the injury site.
The repression of these genes coincided with the cellular growth arrest resulting from the starvation conditions and was likely to be triggered by the decreased demand for protein and membrane synthesis in nondividing cells.
However, the endogenous p1-rr allele of maize did acquire paramutagenicity after exposure to a specific P1 -enhancer transgene [ 11 ] . Against this background we investigated the possible relay of an imprint triggered by the Arabidopsis C73 trans-silencer locus, asking specifically whether targets trans-silenced by the C73 locus (a) acquired trans-silencing activity, and (b) were able to pass their imprint on to a naive target locus in a heritable fashion.