Expression of vernalization responsive genes in wheat is associated with histone H3 trimethylation

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 287, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 575-590

  Diallo, Amadou Oury ^a   Ali Benali, Mohamed Ali ^a   Badawi, Mohamed ^a   Houde, Mario ^a   Sarhan, Fathey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetic; Flowering; Histone methylations; Vernalization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PLANT RNA; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRITHORAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE TRIMETHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA ISOLATION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM FLOWERING LOCUS T LIKE 1 GENE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM VERNALIZATION 1 GENE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM VERNALIZATION 2 GENE; UPREGULATION; VERNALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WINTER WHEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864822923     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0701-0     Document Type: Article

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