Heat can erase epigenetic marks of vernalization in arabidopsis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Bouché, Frédéric ^a   Detry, Nathalie ^a   Périlleux, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Devernalization; Epigenetic modifications; Flowering; FLOWERING LOCUS C; H3K27me3; H3K4me3; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLD; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; SEASON;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; SEASONS;

EID: 84928124688     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/15592324.2014.990799     Document Type: Article

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