Epigenetic regulation of developmental timing in floral stem cells

Epigenetics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 564-567

  Ito, Toshiro ^a,b   Sun, Bo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flower development; Histone modification; Meristem; Negative feedback; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRC1; PROTEIN PRC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPLICATION; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549221630     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.4.8.10351     Document Type: Review

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