Low temperatures induce rapid changes in chromatin state and transcript levels of the cereal VERNALIZATION1 gene

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2413-2422

  Oliver, Sandra N ^a   Deng, Weiwei ^a   Casao, M Cristina ^b,c   Trevaskis, Ben ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cereal; Chromatin; cold acclimation; MADS box; vernalization; VRN1

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHROMATIN; COLD; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; MADS BOX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERNALIZATION; VRN1.;

CEREAL; CHROMATIN; COLD ACCLIMATION; MADS BOX; VERNALIZATION; VRN1.;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HISTONES; HORDEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84877949933     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert095     Document Type: Article

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