A companion cell-dominant and developmentally regulated H3K4 demethylase controls flowering time in Arabidopsis via the repression of FLC expression

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Hongchun ^a,b,c   Han, Zhifu ^b   Cao, Ying ^b,c   Fan, Di ^b   Li, Hong ^b   Mo, Huixian ^b,c   Feng, Yi ^b   Liu, Lei ^c   Wang, Zheng ^b,d   Yue, Yanling ^b   Cui, Sujuan ^c   Chen, She ^b   Chai, Jijie ^b   Ma, Ligeng ^b,c,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN; CLADISTICS; COMPANION CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING LOCUS C GENE; FLOWERING LOCUS T GENE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JMJ18 GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; UPREGULATION; VEGETATIVE STAGE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; HISTONE DEMETHYLASE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; JUMONJI DOMAIN-CONTAINING HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84860555278     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002664     Document Type: Article

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