Ectopic hypermethylation of flower-specific genes in Arabidopsis

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Jacobsen, Steven E ^a,b   Sakai, Hajime ^b   Finnegan, E Jean ^c   Cao, Xiaofeng ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; FLOWERING; GENE MUTATION; HYPERMETHYLATION; MUTANT; PLANT GENETICS; SUPERMAN GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034708232     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00324-9     Document Type: Article

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