Single-base resolution methylomes of tomato fruit development reveal epigenome modifications associated with ripening

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Zhong, Silin ^a,b   Fei, Zhangjun ^a,c   Chen, Yun Ru ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Huang, Mingyun ^a   Vrebalov, Julia ^a   McQuinn, Ryan ^a   Gapper, Nigel ^a   Liu, Bao ^b   Xiang, Jenny ^d   Shao, Ying ^d   Giovannoni, James J ^a,c  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5-AZACYTIDINE; BISULFITE-SEQUENCING; DEMETHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE VARIATIONS; EPIGENOMES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLANT HORMONE; TOMATO FRUITS;

ETHYLENE; GENES; SEED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FRUITS;

AZACITIDINE; ETHYLENE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME ARM; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AZACITIDINE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHYLENES; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84873587727     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2462     Document Type: Article

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