Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic variation in plants

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9900-9922

  Fujimoto, Ryo ^a   Sasaki, Taku ^b   Ishikawa, Ryo ^c,d   Osabe, Kenji ^e   Kawanabe, Takahiro ^f   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^e  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f Watanabe Seed Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic; Metastable; Natural variation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PLANT DNA;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC VARIATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HERITABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84864998112     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13089900     Document Type: Review

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