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Vernalization requires epigenetic silencing of FLC by histone methylation.
Nature - 8 Jan 2004
Bastow Ruth, Mylne Joshua S, Lister Clare, Lippman Zachary, Martienssen Robert A, Dean Caroline
Abstract excerpt
To ensure flowering in favourable conditions, many plants flower only after an extended period of cold, namely winter. In Arabidopsis, the acceleration of flowering by prolonged cold, a process called vernalization, involves downregulation of the protein FLC, which would otherwise prevent floweri...
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