Establishment of the vernalization-responsive, winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis requires a putative histone H3 methyl transferase

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3301-3310

  Kim, Sang Yeol ^a   He, Yuehui ^b   Jacob, Yannick ^a   Noh, Yoo Sun ^b,c   Michaels, Scott ^a,b   Amasino, Richard ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; PIGMENTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC); METHYL TRANSFERASE; WINTER-ANNUAL ACCESSIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FLOWERS; PIGMENT; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

BACTERIAL DNA; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; T DNA; T-DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644819713     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.034645     Document Type: Article

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