DNA methylation is critical for Arabidopsis embroyogenesis and seed viability

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 805-814

  Xiao, Wenyan ^a   Custard, Rendra D ^a   Brown, Roy C ^b   Lemmon, Betty E ^b   Harada, John J ^c   Goldberg, Robert B ^d   Fischer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; HORMONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS EMBROYOGENESIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EMBRYOS; CPG DINUCLEOTIDES; EMBRYO CELLS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METHYLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745466921     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.038836     Document Type: Article

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