A mechanism related to the yeast transcriptional regulator Paf1c is required for expression of the Arabidopsis FLC/MAF MADS box gene family

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2940-2953

  Oh, Sookyung ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Ludwig, Philip ^a   Van Nocker, Steven ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CHROMATIN; FLOWERING; HISTONE; VERNALIZATION INDEPENDENCE (VIP);

YEAST;

CELLS; ENZYMES; GENES; INOCULATION; METHYLATION; PRECIPITANTS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PAF1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REGULATOR; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION BINDING PROTEINS; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 14044259765     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.026062     Document Type: Article

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