Histone methylation in higher plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 395-420

  Liu, Chunyan ^a   Lu, Falong ^a   Cui, Xia ^a   Cao, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Histone demethylase; Histone demethylation; Histone methylation; JmjC domain containing protein; Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT); SET domain protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTONE CODE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONE CODE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; HISTONES; METHYLATION; PLANTS; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 77952500831     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.043008.091939     Document Type: Article

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