Epigenetic control of sexual phenotype in a dioecious plant, Melandrium album

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-490

  Janoušek, Bohuslav ^a   Široký, Jifi ^a   Vyskot, Boris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic inheritance; Melandrium album (syn. Silene latifolia); sex expression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AZACITIDINE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

MELANDRIUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 0029923345     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050101     Document Type: Article

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