Arabidopsis thaliana telomeres exhibit euchromatic features

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2007-2017

  Vaquero Sedas, María I ^a   Gámez Arjona, Francisco M ^a   Vega Palas, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3K9; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EPIGENETICS; EUCHROMATIN; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TELOMERE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79953675088     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1119     Document Type: Article

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