Vernalization in Arabidopsis thaliana is mediated by the PHD finger protein VIN3

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6970, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Sung, Sibum ^a   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

VERNALIZATION;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

HISTONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHD FINGER PROTEIN VIN3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FLOWERING; PROTEIN; VERNALIZATION; WINTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COLD EXPOSURE; FLC GENE; FLOWERING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPRESSOR GENE; VERNALIZATION; WINTER;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0347717907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02195     Document Type: Article

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