Open chromatin in plant genomes

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Zhang, Wenli ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Wu, Yufeng ^a   Jiang, Jiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin accessibility; cis regulatory element; DNase I sensitivity; Open chromatin

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENOME, PLANT; HUMANS;

EID: 84906794500     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362827     Document Type: Article

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