Chromatin versus pathogens: The function of epigenetics in plant immunity

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue september, 2015, Pages

  Ding, Bo ^a   Wang, Guo Liang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Chromatin remodeling; Histone modification; Plant immunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940970221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00675     Document Type: Article

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