La vernalización requiere el silenciamiento epigenético de FLC por metilación de histonas

Ruth Bastow1, Joshua S Mylne, Clare Lister

  • 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.

Nature
|January 9, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Las plantas usan un código de histonas para recordar el invierno, acelerando la floración. Los genes de vernalización (VRN) mantienen esta memoria epigenética mediante la modificación de la metilación de histonas en el locus FLC.

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