Epigenetic mechanisms underlying genomic imprinting in plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 331-352

  Köhler, Claudia ^a   Wolff, Philip ^a,b   Spillane, Charles ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; dosage sensitivity; endosperm; Polycomb group proteins; transposons

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; MET1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; RICE;

ALLELES; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEEDS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864360669     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105514     Document Type: Review

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