Transgenic tobacco plants expressing the Drosophila Polycomb (Pc) chromodomain show developmental alterations: Possible role of Pc chromodomain proteins in chromatin-mediated gene regulation in plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1047-1060

  Ingram, Richard ^a   Charrier, Benedicte ^a   Scollan, Claire ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME BANDING; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEOTIC GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; POLYCOMB PROTEIN; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

DROSOPHILA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033149972     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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