Characterization of Aquilegia Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 homologs reveals absence of imprinting

Gene

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-60

  Gleason, Emily J ^a   Kramer, Elena M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquilegia; Evolution; Imprinting; Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2); Vernalization5 VIN3 like Plant Homeodomain (VEL PHD) family

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUILEGIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOSPERM; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; INFLORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VERNALIZATION;

AQUILEGIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; AQUILEGIA; AQUILEGIA VULGARIS; ARABIDOPSIS; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 84865037363     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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