ORTH/VIM proteins that regulate DNA methylation are functional ubiquitin E3 ligases

Plant Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 704-715

  Kraft, Edward ^a,c   Bostick, Magnolia ^b   Jacobsen, Steven E ^b   Callis, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of CA Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; E3 ligase; ORTH VIM; RING; SRA; Ubiquitylation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FWA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VIM1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VIM3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EUCHROMATIN; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHROMATIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RING FINGER MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUCHROMATIN; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RING FINGER DOMAINS; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57649106346     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03631.x     Document Type: Article

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