Chromatin dynamics and Arabidopsis development

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-304

  Berger, Frédéric ^a   Gaudin, Valérie ^b  

^a Claud Bernard University Lyon 1   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chromatin; Histone; Phase transition; Silencing

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037881838     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022844127716     Document Type: Article

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