Embryo and endosperm inherit distinct chromatin and transcriptional states from the female gametes in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-320

  Pillot, Marion ^a   Baroux, Célia ^b   Vazquez, Mario Arteaga ^c   Autran, Daphné ^a   Leblanc, Olivier ^a   Vielle Calzada, Jean Philippe ^c   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^b   Grimanelli, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77950357338     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.071647     Document Type: Article

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