Epigenetic memory transmission through mitosis and meiosis in plants

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-536

  Saze, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modification; Review

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; HISTONE; NUCLEOTIDE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 54549108815     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.07.017     Document Type: Review

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