Vernalization-mediated chromatin changes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4343-4348

  Zografos, Brett R ^a   Sung, Sibum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Cold response; Epigenetic; Flowering; LHP1; PRC2; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIN3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; COLD; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84866676117     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers157     Document Type: Review

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