Endosperm gene imprinting and seed development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 480-485

  Huh, Jin Hoe ^a   Bauer, Matthew J ^a   Hsieh, Tzung Fu ^a   Fischer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC ECTODERM DEVELOPMENT PROTEIN; HISTONE;

ALLELE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENETICS; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HISTONES; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 36549036785     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2007.08.011     Document Type: Review

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