Large-scale chromatin decondensation induced in a developmentally activated transgene locus

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1021-1031

  Wegel, Eva ^a   Vallejos, Ruben H ^b   Christou, Paul ^c   Stöger, Eva ^d   Shaw, Peter ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin decondensation; HMW glutenin; Nuclear transcript; PTGS

Indexed keywords

GLUTENIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENDOSPERM; FLOWERING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; WHEAT;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GLUTEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 16844367621     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01685     Document Type: Article

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