Stress-induced activation of heterochromatic transcription

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Tittel Elmer, Mireille ^a,c   Bucher, Etienne ^a   Broger, Larissa ^a   Mathieu, Olivier ^a,b   Paszkowski, Jerzy ^a   Vaillant, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON; COLD; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HISTONE; LYSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCURONIDASE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 78449259560     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001175     Document Type: Article

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