DNA methylation controls histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and heterochromatin assembly in Arabidopsis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6549-6559

  Soppe, Wim J J ^a,e   Jasencakova, Zuzana ^a   Houben, Andreas ^a   Kakutani, Tetsuji ^b   Meister, Armin ^a   Huang, Michael S ^c   Jacobsen, Steven E ^c   Schubert, Ingo ^a   Fransz, Paul F ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DDM1; Heterochromatin; Histone methylation; MET1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; LYSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DEACETYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037011060     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf657     Document Type: Article

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