Intron-regulated expression of SUVH3, an Arabidopsis Su(var)3-9 homologue

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3301-3311

  Casas Mollano, Juan A ^a   Lao, Nga T ^a   Kavanagh, Tony A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

5 UTR; Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Intron; Su(var)3 9; SUVH3

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SUVH3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INTERPHASE; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; INTERPHASE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749020281     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl093     Document Type: Article

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