The AT-hook motif-containing protein AHL22 regulates flowering initiation by modifying FLOWERING LOCUS T chromatin in Arabidopsis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 15307-15316

  Yun, Ju ^a   Kim, Youn Sung ^b   Jung, Jae Hoon ^a   Seo, Pil Joon ^a   Park, Chung Mo ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gendocs Inc   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS MUTANT; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; CHROMATIN MODIFICATION; CHROMATIN REMODELING FACTORS; DNA-BINDING; FLOWERING LOCUS T; FLOWERING TIME GENES; FLOWERING-TIME; HISTONE DEACETYLASES; LYSINE-9; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RNA METABOLISMS; STRESS RESPONSE;

ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; GENES; HOOKS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AT HOOK MOTIF NUCLEAR LOCALIZED 22 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE H3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AHL22 GENE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN; FLOWERING; FT GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; AT-HOOK MOTIFS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84860870449     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.318477     Document Type: Article

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