Transposable elements, a treasure trove to decipher epigenetic variation: insights from Arabidopsis and crop epigenomes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2801-2812

  Mirouze, Marie ^a   Vitte, Clémentine ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; epigenetics; Maize; Rice; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROP; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PLANT GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, PLANT;

EID: 84902365207     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru120     Document Type: Review

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