Variations on a theme: Polycomb group proteins in plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2769-2784

  Derkacheva, Maria ^a,b   Hennig, Lars ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Botanical Institute of the University of Basel   (Switzerland)

^c SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Epigenetics; Gene silencing; Plants; Polycomb group proteins

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS;

EID: 84902359181     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert410     Document Type: Review

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