Epigenetic inheritance of expression states in plant development: The role of Polycomb group proteins

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 773-779

  Köhler, Claudia ^a   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2; PROTEIN FIE; PROTEIN FIS2; PROTEIN MEA; PROTEIN VERNALISATION 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CURLY LEAF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCOMB PROTEIN, PLANT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036897923     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00394-0     Document Type: Review

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