ATX1/AtCOMPASS and the H3K4me3 marks: How do they activate arabidopsis genes?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-82

  Fromm, Michael ^a   Avramova, Zoya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATX1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84904497478     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.07.004     Document Type: Review

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