A Polycomb-based switch underlying quantitative epigenetic memory

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7358, 2011, Pages 105-109

  Angel, Andrew ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Dean, Caroline ^a   Howard, Martin ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMORY; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COLD; COLD EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REPRESSOR GENE; WINTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT ROOTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79961172475     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10241     Document Type: Article

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