Vernalization - a cold-induced epigenetic switch

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3723-3731

  Song, Jie ^a   Angel, Andrew ^a   Howard, Martin ^a   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Flowering locus C; Histone modification; Mathematical modelling; Polycomb; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; HISTONE H3;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COLD; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; EXON; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS C GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; INTRON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNALIZATION; WARMING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84868514154     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.084764     Document Type: Article

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