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Detection of Histone Modifications in Plant Leaves
Published on: September 23, 2011
Comparative analysis of HD2 type histone deacetylases in higher plants
1Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Austria. markus.dangl@uibk.ac.at
Abstract:
Zea mays (L.) histone deacetylase HD2 was identified as a new type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) unrelated to the well-known Rpd3p and Hdalp families but with sequence homology to peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases (PPIases). Here we show that HD2 is a multigene family with highly related members in various plant species. Gene analysis revealed a similar exon/intron structure in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. and Z. mays, and most of the sequences analyzed were demonstrated to possess an intron of the very rare AT-AC type.
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