FLC: A hidden polycomb response element shows up in silence

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 785-793

  Buzas, Diana Mihaela ^a   Tamada, Yosuke ^b,c   Kurata, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis element; Epigenetic regulation; FLOWERING LOCUS C; Polycomb group; Polycomb response element; Trithorax group

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84861071784     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr163     Document Type: Review

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