Identification of differentially methylated regions during vernalization revealed a role for RNA methyltransferases in bolting

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 651-663

  Hébrard, Claire ^a,b   Trap Gentil, Marie Véronique ^a   Lafon Placette, Clément ^a   Delaunay, Alain ^a   Joseph, Claude ^a   Lefèbvre, Marc ^b   Barnes, Steve ^b   Maury, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b SESVanderHave NV/SA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana mutant; bolting tolerance; differentially methylated region; DNA methylation; epigenetic; RNA methylation; sugar beet; vernalization

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BEET; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BETA VULGARIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 84872334285     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers363     Document Type: Article

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