The role of DNA methylation, nucleosome occupancy and histone modifications in paramutation

Plant Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-378

  Haring, Max ^a   Bader, Rechien ^a   Louwers, Marieke ^a,c   Schwabe, Anne ^b   Van Driel, Roel ^a   Stam, Maike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

^c CropDesign NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

chromatin structure; DNA methylation; histone modifications; maize; nucleosome occupancy; paramutation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CODING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IN-PLANTS; NUCLEOSOMES; TISSUE-SPECIFIC REGULATION; ZEA MAYS;

ACETYLATION; DNA; GENES; HISTOLOGY; MAINTENANCE; METHYLATION; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ALKYLATION;

ZEA MAYS;

HISTONE; NUCLEOSOME;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOME; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENES, PLANT; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOSOMES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954891466     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04245.x     Document Type: Article

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