Endosperm and imprinting, inextricably linked

Plant Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 143-154

  Gehring, Mary ^a,b   Satyaki, P R ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN; CYCADOPHYTA; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVULE; PLANT SEED;

CHROMATIN; CYCADOPSIDA; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOSPERM; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MAGNOLIOPSIDA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVULE; SEEDS;

EID: 85008708439     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01353     Document Type: Article

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