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Two recent papers in Science (Jiang and Berger, 2017 and Yang et al., 2017) reveal that an epigenetic mechanism, mediated by polycomb repressor complex 2 (PRC2), induces flowering after prolonged cold.… Click to show full abstract
Two recent papers in Science (Jiang and Berger, 2017 and Yang et al., 2017) reveal that an epigenetic mechanism, mediated by polycomb repressor complex 2 (PRC2), induces flowering after prolonged cold. This repression is biphasic, requiring nucleation and propagation; and, strikingly, appears to be intrinsically linked with DNA replication.
Keywords:
forever polycomb;
winter lasts;
polycomb complexes;
convert epigenetic;
complexes convert;
lasts forever
Journal Title: Developmental cell
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Developmental cell
Year Published: 2017
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