Arabidopsis SET DOMAIN GROUP2 is required for H3K4 trimethylation and is crucial for both sporophyte and gametophyte development

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3232-3248

  Berr, Alexandre ^a   McCallum, Emily J ^a,d   Ménard, Rozenn ^a   Meyer, Denise ^a   Fuchs, Jörg ^b   Dong, Aiwu ^c   Shen, Wen Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78649509747     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.079962     Document Type: Article

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