Epigenetic control of transposon transcription and mobility in Arabidopsis

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Bucher, Etienne ^a   Reinders, Jon ^b   Mirouze, Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84869490320     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.08.006     Document Type: Review

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