Environmentally coordinated epigenetic silencing of FLC by protein and long noncoding RNA components

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Kim, Dong Hwan ^a   Sung, Sibum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; GENE SILENCING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84856232984     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.10.004     Document Type: Review

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