A PHD finger protein involved in both the vernalization and photoperiod pathways in Arabidopsis

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 3244-3248

  Sung, Sibum ^a   Schmitz, Robert J ^a   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Flowering; Histone modification; Photoperiod; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHD FINGER PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIL1; PROTEIN VIN3;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA, PLANT; SEASONS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33845381753     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1493306     Document Type: Article

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