A Hypomethylated population of Brassica rapa for forward and reverse Epi-genetics

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Amoah, Stephen ^a   Kurup, Smita ^a   Rodriguez Lopez, Carlos M ^c   Welham, Sue J ^a   Powers, Stephen J ^a   Hopkins, Clare J ^a,d   Wilkinson, Michael J ^c   King, Graham J ^a,b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 Azacytidine; Brassica; Crop plants; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Hypomethylation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; EUKARYOTA;

AZACITIDINE;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA RAPA; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CHROMOSOME; REVERSE GENETICS; SEEDLING;

AZACITIDINE; BRASSICA RAPA; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE GENETICS; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867619245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-193     Document Type: Article

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