A Histone H3 Lysine-27 Methyltransferase Complex Represses Lateral Root Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 977-988

  Gu, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Xu, Tongda ^b,c   He, Yuehui ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

auxin maximum; founder cell establishment; Lateral root formation; PIN1; PRC2

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84908510973     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssu035     Document Type: Article

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