The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES complex maintains repression of KNOX homeobox genes via direct recruitment of Polycomb-repressive complex2

Genes and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 596-601

  Lodha, Mukesh ^a   Marco, Cristina F ^a   Timmermans, Marja C P ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

ASYMMETRIC LEAVES; Homeobox genes; Leaves; Meristem; Polycomb proteins; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; KNAT2 PROTEIN; KNOTTED1 LIKE HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS BREVIPEDICELLUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84875313702     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.211425.112     Document Type: Article

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