Chromatin dynamics of plant telomeres and ribosomal genes

Plant Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-37

  Dvořáčková, Martina ^a,b,c   Fojtová, Miloslava ^a,b,c   Fajkus, Jiří ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; chromatin; epigenetics; Nicotiana tabacum; rDNA; telomere

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RDNA; TELOMERES;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CHROMATIN; HISTONE; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; METABOLISM; PLANT; TELOMERE;

CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONES; PLANTS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84932193302     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12822     Document Type: Article

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