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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Lars Hennig
PROVIDER: E-TABM-1007 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Weinhofer Isabelle I Hehenberger Elisabeth E Roszak Pawel P Hennig Lars L Köhler Claudia C
PLoS genetics 20101007 10
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins act as evolutionary conserved epigenetic mediators of cell identity because they repress transcriptional programs that are not required at particular developmental stages. Each tissue is likely to have a specific epigenetic profile, which acts as a blueprint for its developmental fate. A hallmark for Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) activity is trimethylated lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27me3). In plants, there are distinct PRC2 complexes for vegetative and repro ...[more]