Di- and tri- but not monomethylation on histone H3 lysine 36 marks active transcription of genes involved in flowering time regulation and other processes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1348-1360

  Xu, Lin ^a   Zhao, Zhong ^a,f   Dong, Aiwu ^b   Soubigou Taconnat, Ludivine ^c   Renou, Jean Pierre ^c   Steinmetz, Andre ^d   Shen, Wen Hui ^a,e  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWERING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 38949126530     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01607-07     Document Type: Article

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