Epigenetic inheritance in plants

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7143, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Henderson, Ian R ^a   Jacobsen, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; RNA;

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HERITABILITY; METHYLATION; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34249330696     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05917     Document Type: Review

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