Epigenetic regulation in plants

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Pikaard, Craig S ^a   Scheid, Ortrun Mittelsten ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

CHROMATIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84881060870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019315     Document Type: Article

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