Atypical epigenetic mark in an atypical location: Cytosine methylation at asymmetric (CNN) sites within the body of a non-repetitive tomato gene

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  González, Rodrigo M ^a   Ricardi, Martiniano M ^a   Iusem, Norberto D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epigeneticsasymmetric methylationAsr1water stress; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA;

ASR1 PROTEIN, LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; CYTOSINE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEHYDRATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; TOMATO;

CYTOSINE; DEHYDRATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 79956192328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-94     Document Type: Article

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