Polycomb-group proteins repress the floral activator AGL19 in the FLC-independent vernalization pathway

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1667-1678

  Schönrock, Nicole ^a   Bouveret, Romaric ^a   Leroy, Olivier ^a   Borghi, Lorenzo ^a   Köhler, Claudia ^a   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^a   Hennig, Lars ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FLC; Histone methylation; MSI1; Polycomb proteins; SOC1; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN CLF; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN EMF2; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN MSI1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SOC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE PROTEIN 3;

AGL19 GENE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLORAL LOCUS C GENE; FLOWERING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNALIZATION; VRN2 GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33745181701     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.377206     Document Type: Article

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