Transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis LEAFY COTYLEDON2 involves RLE, a cis-element that regulates trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine-27

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4065-4078

  Berger, Nathalie ^a   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Roudier, François ^b   Dubos, Christian ^a   Lepiniec, Loïc ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84855251873     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.087866     Document Type: Article

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