The Polycomb Complex PRC1: Composition and Function in Plants

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 231-238

  Molitor, Anne ^a   Shen, Wen Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis development; Chromatin; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Polycomb; PRC1

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICAL MERISTEM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BINDING SITE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COTYLEDON; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEEDLING; SHOOT GROWTH; STEM CELL; VERNALIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; PLANTS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84878154881     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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