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Epiallelic changes in known stress-responsive genes under extreme drought conditions in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
Plant cell reports - 1 Jan 2017
Sharma Rahul, Vishal Parivartan, Kaul Sanjana, Dhar Manoj K
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KEY MESSAGE: Under severe drought conditions, Brassica juncea shows differential methylation and demethylation events, such that certain epialleles are silenced and some are activated. The plant employed avoidance strategy by delaying apoptosis through the activation of several genes. Harsh environmental conditions pose serious threat to normal growth and development of crops, sometimes leading to their death....
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