Transcriptomes of isolated Oryza sativa gametes characterized by deep sequencing: Evidence for distinct sex-dependent chromatin and epigenetic states before fertilization

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 729-741

  Anderson, Sarah N ^a   Johnson, Cameron S ^a   Jones, Daniel S ^b   Conrad, Liza J ^a,d   Gou, Xiaoping ^c   Russell, Scott D ^b   Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

germ line epigenetic states; Oryza sativa; plant egg cell; plant sperm cell; pollen; rice gametes

Indexed keywords

EGG CELLS; GERM LINE; ORYZA SATIVA; POLLEN; RICE GAMETES; SPERM CELLS;

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

CELL SIGNALING;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

HISTONE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GERM LINE EPIGENETIC STATES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EGG CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT SPERM CELL; POLLEN; RICE; RICE GAMETES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GERM LINE EPIGENETIC STATES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT EGG CELL; PLANT SPERM CELL; POLLEN; RICE GAMETES;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HISTONES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84889090214     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12336     Document Type: Article

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