Vernalization-induced flowering in cereals is associated with changes in histone methylation at the VERNALIZATION 1 gene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 8386-8391

  Oliver, Sandra N ^a   Finnegan, E Jean ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a   Peacock, W James ^a   Trevaskis, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley; Chromatin; Epigenetic; Lntron; MADS

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CEREAL; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FLOWERING; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CEREALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; METHYLATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 66249141624     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903566106     Document Type: Article

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