The PHD Finger Protein VRN5 Functions in the Epigenetic Silencing of Arabidopsis FLC

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Greb, Thomas ^a   Mylne, Joshua S ^a   Crevillen, Pedro ^a   Geraldo, Nuno ^a   An, Hailong ^a   Gendall, Anthony R ^a   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIN3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VRN5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33845872285     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.052     Document Type: Article

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