Histone H3 variants in male gametic cells of lily and H3 methylation in mature pollen

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 503-512

  Okada, Takashi ^a,b   Singh, Mohan B ^a   Bhalla, Prem L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centromeric histone H3; Generative cell; Histone H3; Histone variants; Lilium longiflorum; Male gamete

Indexed keywords

GENES; TISSUE CULTURE;

CENTROMERIC HISTONE H3; GENERATIVE CELL; HISTONE H3; HISTONE VARIANTS; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; MALE GAMETE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LILY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LILIUM; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CELLS; GENES; PLANTS; POLLEN; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 33750441153     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9036-8     Document Type: Article

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