Parent-of-origin effects on seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana require DNA methylation

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2493-2502

  Adams, Sally ^a   Vinkenoog, Rinke ^a   Spielman, Melissa ^b   Dickinson, Hugh G ^b   Scott, Rod J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Endosperm; Methylation; Methyltransferase; METI; Parental imprinting; Seed

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; GAMETE; GENOME IMPRINTING; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; GERMINATION; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0034045964     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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