Maize RNA polymerase IV defines trans-generational epigenetic variation

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 808-819

  Erhard, Karl F ^a,c   Parkinson, Susan E ^a   Gross, Stephen M ^a,d,e   Barbour, Joy El R ^b,f   Lim, Jana P ^a,g   Hollick, Jay B ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876779234     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.107680     Document Type: Article

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