Arabidopsis REF6 is a histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase

Falong Lu,Xia Cui,Shuaibin Zhang,Thomas Jenuwein,Xiaofeng Cao

Arabidopsis REF6 is a histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase

2011

Falong Lu
Xia Cui
Shuaibin Zhang
Thomas Jenuwein
Xiaofeng Cao

Xiaofeng Cao and colleagues report that REF6 is a histone H3 lysine 27 demethylase in Arabidopsis. REF6 demethylates H3K27me3 and H3K27me2 and ref6 mutant plants resemble mutations in H3K27me3-mediated gene silencing.

Keywords:

Gene silencing
Histone H3
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabidopsis
Lysine
Demethylase
Genetics
Histone methyltransferase
Mutant
Molecular biology
Biology

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