Repression of the floral transition via histone H2B monoubiquitination

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 522-533

  Gu, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Jiang, Danhua ^a,b   Wang, Yuqi ^a,b   Bachmair, Andreas ^c,d   He, Yuehui ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

FLC; FLC relatives; Flowering; H2B monoubiquitination; Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; HUB1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HUB2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; UBC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 58849094510     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03709.x     Document Type: Article

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