Time-dependent stabilization of the +1 nucleosome is an early step in the transition to stable cold-induced repression of FLC

Plant Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 875-885

  Jean Finnegan, E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; CAF 1; histone H2A.Z; histone H3.1; stable repression; vernalization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMOSOMES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAF-1; HISTONE H2A.Z; HISTONE H3.1; STABLE REPRESSION; VERNALIZATION;

TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEOSOME;

ACETYLATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MARKOV CHAIN; METABOLISM; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84955171103     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13044     Document Type: Article

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