Epigenetic regulation in plant responses to the environment

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Baulcombe, David C ^a   Dean, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HISTONE; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENT; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTONES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SELECTION, GENETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84881068541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019471     Document Type: Article

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