Roles of DNA methyltransferases in Arabidopsis development

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 8506-8514

  Huang, Junjun ^a   Wang, Huahua ^a   Xie, Xiaojun ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Guo, Guangqin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dna methylation; Epigenetics; Methyltransferase; Mutant

Indexed keywords

CHROMOMETHYLTRANSFERASE 3; CYTOSINE; DNA DEMETHYLASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DOMAIN REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE H3; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROS1; REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; DEMETHYLATION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA HELIX; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78650618881     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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