A common histone modification code on C4 genes in maize and its conservation in sorghum and setaria Italica

Plant Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 456-469

  Heimann, Louisa ^b   Horst, Ina ^b   Perduns, Renke ^a   Dreesen, Björn ^b   Offermann, Sascha ^a   Peterhansel, Christoph ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Projektträger Jülich   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTONE CODE; LIGHT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SETARIA (PLANT); SORGHUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACETYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONE CODE; HISTONES; LIGHT; METHYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SETARIA PLANT; SORGHUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877080638     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.216721     Document Type: Article

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