Plant 45S rDNA clusters are fragile sites and their instability is associated with epigenetic alterations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Min ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Wang, Pu ^a   Hu, Yong ^a   Yan, Shihan ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Tan, Junjun ^a   Liu, Xincheng ^a   He, Shibin ^a   Li, Lijia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

45S RIBOSOME DNA; APHIDICOLIN; DACTINOMYCIN; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H3; LYSINE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 45S;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EPIGENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE ACETYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; PLANT GENOME;

LOLIUM;

APHIDICOLIN; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LOLIUM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84859582031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035139     Document Type: Article

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