Chromatin regulation of flowering

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 556-562

  He, Yuehui ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chromatin modification; FLC; Flowering time; FT; LncRNAs

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FRI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865598293     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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