Mechanism of PHERES1 imprinting in Arabidopsis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 906-912

  Makarevich, Grigory ^a   Villar, Corina B R ^a   Erilova, Aleksandra ^a   Köhler, Claudia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT SEED genes; Polycomb group proteins

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN KINASE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PHERES1 PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3' FLANKING REGION; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 42549160473     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.023077     Document Type: Article

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