Article
The ASH1 HOMOLOG 2 (ASHH2) histone H3 methyltransferase is required for ovule and anther development in Arabidopsis.
PloS one - 12 Nov 2009
Grini Paul E, Thorstensen Tage, Alm Vibeke, Vizcay-Barrena Gema, Windju Susanne S, Jørstad Tommy S, Wilson Zoe A, Aalen Reidunn B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: SET-domain proteins are histone lysine (K) methyltransferases (HMTase) implicated in defining transcriptionally permissive or repressive chromatin. The Arabidopsis ASH1 HOMOLOG 2 (ASHH2) protein (also called SDG8, EFS and CCR1) has been suggested to methylate H3K4 and/or H3K36 and is...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis
- Chromatin
- Crosses, Genetic
- Down-Regulation
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Histone Methyltransferases
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Mutation
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Ovule
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins