Histone modifications in Arabidopsis - High methylation of H3 lysine 9 is dispensable for constitutive heterochromatin

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-480

  Jasencakova, Zuzana ^a   Soppe, Wim J J ^a,c   Meister, Armin ^a   Gernand, Dorota ^a   Turner, Bryan M ^b   Schubert, Ingo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; Heterochromatin; Histone acetylation; Histone methylation; Histone methyltransferase mutant (kyp)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CELLS; DNA; GENES;

NUCLEOSOMAL CORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURES; DNA METHYLATION; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037324815     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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