The impact of chromatin dynamics on plant light responses and circadian clock function

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2895-2913

  Barneche, Fredy ^a,b,c   Malapeira, Jordi ^d   Mas, Paloma ^d  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatin; circadian clock; gene expression; histone modifications; light signalling; plant

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CHROMATIN; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84902440398     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru011     Document Type: Review

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