Rice SUVH histone methyltransferase genes display specific functions in chromatin modification and retrotransposon repression

Molecular Plant

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 773-782

  Qin, Fu Jun ^a   Sun, Qian Wen ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a   Chen, Xiang Song ^a   Zhou, Dao Xiu ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

Author keywords

demethylases; DNA methylation; epigenetic modification; Plant histone methyltransferases; retrotransposon; rice chromatin; SET domain

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77955143767     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssq030     Document Type: Article

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