Histone H2B monoubiquitination in the chromatin of Flowering Locus C regulates flowering time in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2586-2602

  Cao, Ying ^a,b   Dai, Yan ^b   Cui, Sujuan ^a   Ma, Ligeng ^b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57749114640     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.062760     Document Type: Article

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