Epigenetic programming via histone methylation at WRKY53 controls leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-346

  Ay, Nicole ^a   Irmler, Kristina ^a   Fischer, Andreas ^a   Uhlemann, Ria ^a   Reuter, Gunter ^a   Humbeck, Klaus ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Chromatin structure; Histone methylation; Leaf senescence; Plant epigenetics; WRKY53

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 64249166838     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0960-7412.2009.03782.x     Document Type: Article

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