Arabidopsis COMPASS-like complexes mediate histone H3 lysine-4 trimethylation to control floral transition and plant development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Danhua ^a,b   Kong, Nicholas C ^a,b   Gu, Xiaofeng ^b   Li, Zicong ^a   He, Yuehui ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TEMASEK LIFE SCIENCES LABORATORY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ASH2R; PROTEIN RBBP5; PROTEIN WDR5A; RETINOBLASTOMA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASH2R PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MAF5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; RBL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; WDR5A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; HISTONE METHYLATION; LEAF GROWTH; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VEGETATIVE STAGE; YEAST; CHROMATIN; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79953760392     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001330     Document Type: Article

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