Unique cell-type-specific patterns of DNA methylation in the root meristem

Nature Plants

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Kawakatsu, Taiji ^a,b   Stuart, Tim ^c   Valdes, Manuel ^d   Breakfield, Natalie ^d   Schmitz, Robert J ^a,e   Nery, Joseph R ^a   Urich, Mark A ^a   Han, Xinwei ^d   Lister, Ryan ^a,c   Benfey, Philip N ^d   Ecker, Joseph R ^a,f  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MERISTEM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84979284341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.58     Document Type: Article

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