Ingo Schubert

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi DNA damage processing and aberration formation in plants
    I Schubert
    Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Genome Res 104:104-8. 2004
  2. ncbi Chromosome evolution
    Ingo Schubert
    Karyotype Evolution Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Curr Opin Plant Biol 10:109-15. 2007
  3. ncbi Sister chromatids are often incompletely aligned in meristematic and endopolyploid interphase nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana
    Veit Schubert
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Genetics 172:467-75. 2006
  4. ncbi Chromosome painting in plants
    I Schubert
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Methods Cell Sci 23:57-69. 2001
  5. ncbi Alteration of chromosome numbers by generation of minichromosomes -- is there a lower limit of chromosome size for stable segregation?
    I Schubert
    Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Cell Genet 93:175-81. 2001
  6. ncbi 'Sex and crime' in evolution - why sexuality was so successful
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Gatersleban, Germany
    Genes Genet Syst 86:1-6. 2011
  7. ncbi Interpretation of karyotype evolution should consider chromosome structural constraints
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Genet 27:207-16. 2011
  8. ncbi Organization and dynamics of plant interphase chromosomes
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Plant Sci 16:273-81. 2011
  9. ncbi Random homologous pairing and incomplete sister chromatid alignment are common in angiosperm interphase nuclei
    Veit Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, Gatersleben, Germany
    Mol Genet Genomics 278:167-76. 2007
  10. ncbi Tandem repetitive transgenes and fluorescent chromatin tags alter local interphase chromosome arrangement in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Ales Pecinka
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    J Cell Sci 118:3751-8. 2005

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  1. ncbi DNA damage processing and aberration formation in plants
    I Schubert
    Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Genome Res 104:104-8. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi Chromosome evolution
    Ingo Schubert
    Karyotype Evolution Group, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Curr Opin Plant Biol 10:109-15. 2007
    ..Aspects of chromosome fusion, as exemplified by karyotype evolution of relatives of Arabidopsis, have recently received special attention...
  3. ncbi Sister chromatids are often incompletely aligned in meristematic and endopolyploid interphase nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana
    Veit Schubert
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Genetics 172:467-75. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Chromosome painting in plants
    I Schubert
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Methods Cell Sci 23:57-69. 2001
    ..An example of such a painting is described in detail for Arabidopsis thaliana...
  5. ncbi Alteration of chromosome numbers by generation of minichromosomes -- is there a lower limit of chromosome size for stable segregation?
    I Schubert
    Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Cell Genet 93:175-81. 2001
    ....
  6. ncbi 'Sex and crime' in evolution - why sexuality was so successful
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Gatersleban, Germany
    Genes Genet Syst 86:1-6. 2011
    ....
  7. ncbi Interpretation of karyotype evolution should consider chromosome structural constraints
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Genet 27:207-16. 2011
    ..Therefore, some widespread terms used in comparative and evolutionary genomics should be either avoided (e.g. non-reciprocal translocation) or redefined (e.g. chromosome fusion and centromere shift)...
  8. ncbi Organization and dynamics of plant interphase chromosomes
    Ingo Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Plant Sci 16:273-81. 2011
    ..We discuss morphological constraints and epigenetic impacts on nuclear architecture, the evolutionary stability of CT arrangements, and alterations of nuclear architecture during transcription and repair...
  9. ncbi Random homologous pairing and incomplete sister chromatid alignment are common in angiosperm interphase nuclei
    Veit Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, Gatersleben, Germany
    Mol Genet Genomics 278:167-76. 2007
    ..For sister chromatid exchanges a continuous sister chromatid alignment is not required. For correct segregation, permanent alignment of sister centromeres is sufficient...
  10. ncbi Tandem repetitive transgenes and fluorescent chromatin tags alter local interphase chromosome arrangement in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Ales Pecinka
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    J Cell Sci 118:3751-8. 2005
    ....
  11. ncbi Chromosome arrangement and nuclear architecture but not centromeric sequences are conserved between Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata
    Alexandre Berr
    Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 48:771-83. 2006
    ..Since the chromosomes of A. lyrata resemble those of the presumed ancestral karyotype, a similar arrangement of interphase chromosomes is also to be expected for other closely related diploid species of the Brassicaceae family...
  12. ncbi Chromosome territory arrangement and homologous pairing in nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana are predominantly random except for NOR-bearing chromosomes
    Ales Pecinka
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 113:258-69. 2004
    ..Nevertheless, in up to 31.5% of investigated Arabidopsis nuclei allelic sequences may share positions close enough for homologous recombination...
  13. ncbi Interphase chromosome arrangement in Arabidopsis thaliana is similar in differentiated and meristematic tissues and shows a transient mirror symmetry after nuclear division
    Alexandre Berr
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Genetics 176:853-63. 2007
    ..thaliana nuclei seems to be constrained mainly by morphological features such as nuclear shape, presence or absence of a nucleolus organizer on chromosomes, nucleolar volume, and/or endopolyploidy level...
  14. ncbi The Arabidopsis checkpoint protein Bub3.1 is essential for gametophyte development
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Front Biosci 13:5202-11. 2008
    ..1 mutants revealed transcripts and are therefore no null mutants. In contrast, all three homozygous bub3.2 mutants appeared to be viable and fertile without generating full-length transcripts...
  15. ncbi Telomere-mediated truncation of barley chromosomes
    Eszter Kapusi
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 121:181-90. 2012
    ..Truncated chromosomes were transmissible in sexual reproduction, but were inherited at rates lower than expected according to Mendelian rules...
  16. ncbi Deposition, turnover, and release of CENH3 at Arabidopsis centromeres
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 120:633-40. 2011
    ..In differentiated endopolyploid nuclei however, the amount of CENH3 at centromeres declines with age...
  17. ncbi Chromosomal histone modification patterns--from conservation to diversity
    Jörg Fuchs
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Plant Sci 11:199-208. 2006
    ..This implies the possibility of evolutionary divergence in reading the "histone code"...
  18. ncbi Arabidopsis sister chromatids often show complete alignment or separation along a 1.2-Mb euchromatic region but no cohesion "hot spots"
    Veit Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 117:261-6. 2008
    ..Thus, we assume that sister chromatids can be separated or aligned within a Mb range in differentiated cells. However, the minimum extension of aligned sites or distances between them may (in rare cases) fall below ~500 kb...
  19. ncbi Cohesin gene defects may impair sister chromatid alignment and genome stability in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Veit Schubert
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 118:591-605. 2009
    ..g., for genome stability, apparently by facilitating correct recombination repair of double-strand breaks)...
  20. ncbi The STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE OF CHROMOSOMES 5/6 complex promotes sister chromatid alignment and homologous recombination after DNA damage in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Koichi Watanabe
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Cell 21:2688-99. 2009
    ..Our results suggest that the SMC5/6 complex promotes sister chromatid cohesion after DNA breakage and facilitates homologous recombination between sister chromatids...
  21. ncbi Size and number of tandem repeat arrays can determine somatic homologous pairing of transgene loci mediated by epigenetic modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei
    Gabriele Jovtchev
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 117:267-76. 2008
    ..These results show that single low-copy arrays apparently do not alter interphase chromatin architecture and are more suitable for chromatin tagging than multiple high copy arrays...
  22. ncbi Methylation of histone H3 in euchromatin of plant chromosomes depends on basic nuclear DNA content
    Andreas Houben
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 33:967-73. 2003
    ....
  23. ncbi Recent progress in chromosome painting of Arabidopsis and related species
    Martin A Lysak
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosome Res 11:195-204. 2003
    ..Future perspectives of chromosome painting in A. thaliana and its wild relatives are outlined...
  24. ncbi The chromosomal distribution of histone methylation marks in gymnosperms differs from that of angiosperms
    Jörg Fuchs
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosome Res 16:891-8. 2008
    ..sylvestris) and H3K27me2 and H3K27me3 in both species. Although the methylation marks themselves are apparently conserved, their functional specificity within the frame of the 'epigenetic code' might have diverged during evolution...
  25. ncbi Arabidopsis CBF5 interacts with the H/ACA snoRNP assembly factor NAF1
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Mol Biol 65:615-26. 2007
    ..The homologous yeast protein has been shown to contribute to RNA pseudouridinylation. Thus, AtCBF5 might have an essential function in RNA processing rather than being a kinetochore protein...
  26. ncbi Chromatin organization and its relation to replication and histone acetylation during the cell cycle in barley
    Z Jasencakova
    , Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 110:83-92. 2001
    ..In particular, the connection of acetylation intensity of H4 at microscopically identifiable chromatin domains with replicational but not with transcriptional activity during the cell cycle seems to be conserved among eukaryotes...
  27. ncbi The E2F transcription factor family regulates CENH3 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Stefan Heckmann
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium
    Plant J 68:646-56. 2011
    ..E2F binding motifs are also present in human and Drosophila CENH3pro regions, thus cell cycle-dependent transcriptional regulation of CENH3 may be highly conserved...
  28. ncbi DNA methylation controls histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and heterochromatin assembly in Arabidopsis
    Wim J J Soppe
    Department of Cytogenetics, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    EMBO J 21:6549-59. 2002
    ..Analysis of F(1) hybrids between wild-type and hypomethylated mutants revealed that DNA methylation is epigenetically inherited and represents the genomic imprint that is required to maintain pericentromeric heterochromatin...
  29. ncbi Chromosomal localization of rDNA in the Brassicaceae
    Hoda B M Ali
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Genome 48:341-6. 2005
    ....
  30. ncbi Loading time of the centromeric histone H3 variant differs between plants and animals
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 116:507-10. 2007
  31. ncbi DNA and proteins of plant centromeres
    Andreas Houben
    Chromosome Structure and Function Group, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Curr Opin Plant Biol 6:554-60. 2003
    ..The mechanism(s) of centromere assembly and the functional implication of (peri-)centromeric modifications of chromatin remain to be elucidated...
  32. ncbi Recognition of A. thaliana centromeres by heterologous CENH3 requires high similarity to the endogenous protein
    Izabel C R Moraes
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Mol Biol 75:253-61. 2011
    ..After transformation, immunostaining of root tip nuclei with anti-GFP antibodies yielded only diffuse signals, indicating that the original three amino acids are necessary but not sufficient for targeting A. thaliana centromeres...
  33. ncbi The transcriptional response of Arabidopsis to genotoxic stress - a high-density colony array study (HDCA)
    I Peng Chen
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstr 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 35:771-86. 2003
    ..Also, several genes involved in cell cycle regulation revealed significant alteration in transcription, as detected by real-time PCR analysis, suggesting disturbance of cell cycle progression by mutagen treatment...
  34. ncbi Interphase chromosomes in Arabidopsis are organized as well defined chromocenters from which euchromatin loops emanate
    Paul Fransz
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:14584-9. 2002
    ..The arrangement of interphase chromosomes in Arabidopsis provides a well defined system to investigate chromatin organization and its role in epigenetic processes...
  35. ncbi Loading of Arabidopsis centromeric histone CENH3 occurs mainly during G2 and requires the presence of the histone fold domain
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Cell 18:2443-51. 2006
    ..thaliana centromeres. A. thaliana EYFP-CENH3 can recognize and target three different centromeric repeats of Arabidopsis lyrata but not field bean (Vicia faba) centromeres...
  36. ncbi Transient CENP-E-like kinetochore proteins in plants
    Rogier ten Hoopen
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosome Res 10:561-70. 2002
    ..However, the centromeric location of Cpe11 and Cpe12 suggests they may have a function within the kinetochore. Plant homologues to barley Cpe12 are N-type kinesins, suggesting that Cpe12 is functionally homologous to human CENP-E...
  37. ncbi Engineered plant minichromosomes: a bottom-up success?
    Andreas Houben
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics andCrop Plant Research, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Cell 20:8-10. 2008
  38. ncbi Pairing of lacO tandem repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei requires the presence of hypermethylated, large arrays at two chromosomal positions, but does not depend on H3-lysine-9-dimethylation
    Gabriele Jovtchev
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 120:609-19. 2011
    ..Thus, neither H3K9me2 nor CMT3-mediated non-CG methylation are required at wild-type level for homologous pairing of lacO repeat loci...
  39. ncbi Synteny between Brachypodium distachyon and Hordeum vulgare as revealed by FISH
    Lu Ma
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosome Res 18:841-50. 2010
    ..distachyon corresponds to a megabase-sized syntenic region in barley...
  40. ncbi Science and politics: Hans Stubbe and the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research at Gatersleben
    Ulrich Wobus
    , Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Trends Plant Sci 7:418-20. 2002
  41. ncbi Evolutionary conservation of kinetochore protein sequences in plants
    R ten Hoopen
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Chromosoma 109:482-9. 2000
    ..Antibodies against synthetic peptides derived from partial sequences encoding these proteins were produced and recognized the centromeric regions on mitotic chromosomes as detected by indirect immunofluorescence...
  42. ncbi An efficient screen for reproductive pathways using mature seeds of monocots and dicots
    F Matzk
    Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung IPK, Corrensstrabetae 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 21:97-108. 2000
    ..The screen of mature seeds by flow cytometry yielded more information about the reproductive behavior of individual plants than any other available test, and is very useful both in basic research and plant breeding...
  43. ncbi Reconstruction of reproductive diversity in Hypericum perforatum L. opens novel strategies to manage apomixis
    F Matzk
    Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 26:275-82. 2001
    ..perforatum. Basic material was developed for breeding H. perforatum, and strategies are suggested for elucidation of inheritance as well as evolution of apomixis and for molecular approaches of apomixis engineering...
  44. ncbi Knockdown of CENH3 in Arabidopsis reduces mitotic divisions and causes sterility by disturbed meiotic chromosome segregation
    Inna Lermontova
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany Department of Cell Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
    Plant J 68:40-50. 2011
    ....
  45. ncbi The Inheritance of apomixis in Poa pratensis confirms a five locus model with differences in gene expressivity and penetrance
    Fritz Matzk
    Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant Cell 17:13-24. 2005
    ..The dominant allele Ait exhibits incomplete penetrance. The degree of expressivity of apospory and parthenogenesis was constant among several harvest years of F1 plants...
  46. ncbi An archaebacterial topoisomerase homolog not present in other eukaryotes is indispensable for cell proliferation of plants
    Frank Hartung
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Curr Biol 12:1787-91. 2002
    ..The dependence on an archaebacterial topoisomerase VI homolog distinguishes plants from the other eukaryotic kingdoms...
  47. ncbi Different chromosomal distribution patterns of radiation-induced interchange breakpoints in barley: first post-treatment mitosis versus viable offspring
    G Künzel
    Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
    Genome 44:128-32. 2001
    ..Surprisingly, TBs within centromeres and heterochromatin-containing segments seem to be more harmful for survival than those induced in gene-rich regions...
  48. ncbi DNA damage and repair in Arabidopsis thaliana as measured by the comet assay after treatment with different classes of genotoxins
    M Menke
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstr 3, D 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Mutat Res 493:87-93. 2001
    ..While a rapid repair of bleomycin-mediated SSBs and DSBs was found, no significant reduction of DNA migration was observed up to 48h after treatment with the monofunctional alkylating agents...
  49. ncbi Direct labelling of BAC-DNA by rolling-circle amplification
    Alexandre Berr
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 45:857-62. 2006
    ..The amplicons were suitable for labelling by nick translation and subsequent FISH. A novel achievement is the use of RCA for simultaneous amplification and labelling of single BACs or BAC pools in a labour- and cost-effective manner...
  50. ncbi Induction of telomere-mediated chromosomal truncation and stability of truncated chromosomes in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Chee How Teo
    Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research IPK, Corrensstr 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 68:28-39. 2011
    ..Truncated chromosomes were transmissible in sexual reproduction, but were inherited at rates lower than expected according to Mendelian rules...
  51. ncbi Nuclear DNA content and nuclear and cell volume are positively correlated in angiosperms
    G Jovtchev
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Genome Res 114:77-82. 2006
    ....
  52. ncbi Barley chromosome arms longer than half of the spindle axis interfere with nuclear divisions
    S Hudakova
    Department of Cytogenetics, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany
    Cytogenet Genome Res 98:101-7. 2002
    ..Its meiotic transmission was not impaired because of the larger spindle dimensions in meiocytes as compared to those in mitotic cells...
  53. ncbi Sister-chromatid exchanges in Picea abies--a test for genotoxicity in forest trees
    I Schubert
    Institut fur Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany
    Mutat Res 323:137-42. 1994
    ..abies. While SCEs may be counted for single chromosomes, for reliable evaluation of chromatid aberrations large numbers of complete and well spread metaphases have to be inspected...
  54. ncbi Chromosome painting in Arabidopsis thaliana
    M A Lysak
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, Gatersleben, D-06466, Germany
    Plant J 28:689-97. 2001
    ....
  55. ncbi Comparative analysis of the functional genome architecture of animal and plant cell nuclei
    Christoph Mayr
    University of Munich (LMU, Department Biology II, Goethestr. 31, 80336 Munich, Germany
    Chromosome Res 11:471-84. 2003
    ..There are, however, differences between animals and plants with regard to histone acetylation patterns and the nuclear distribution of late-replicating chromatin...
  56. ncbi Hypomethylation and hypermethylation of the tandem repetitive 5S rRNA genes in Arabidopsis
    Isabelle Vaillant
    Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6247 GReD, INSERM, Universite Blaise Pascal, 24 avenue des Landais, 63177 Aubiere Cedex, France
    Plant J 54:299-309. 2008
    ..e. some 5S rRNA genes would become derepressed, whereas others would join the heterochromatic fraction...
  57. ncbi A comparison of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced chromatid aberrations and micronuclei in barley meristems using FISH techniques
    Gabriele Jovtchev
    Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Ul. Gagarin 2, BG-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
    Mutat Res 517:47-51. 2002
    ..Combined with FISH it is also possible to elucidate the origin of MN and to discriminate between aneugenic and clastogenic effects...
  58. ncbi Dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 is a critical mark for DNA methylation and gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana
    James P Jackson
    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
    Chromosoma 112:308-15. 2004
    ..Our results suggest that multiple Su(var)3-9 family members are active in Arabidopsis and that dimethylation of histone H3 lysine 9 is the critical mark for gene silencing and DNA methylation...
  59. ncbi Dual histone H3 methylation marks at lysines 9 and 27 required for interaction with CHROMOMETHYLASE3
    Anders M Lindroth
    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1606, USA
    EMBO J 23:4286-96. 2004
    ..Our results suggest a model in which H3K9 methylation by KYP, and H3K27 methylation by an unknown enzyme provide a combinatorial histone code for the recruitment of CMT3 to silent loci...
  60. ncbi Genomic in situ hybridization in plants with small genomes is feasible and elucidates the chromosomal parentage in interspecific Arabidopsis hybrids
    Hoda B M Ali
    Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK, D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Genome 47:954-60. 2004
    ..thaliana and A. arenosa for a specimen with 2n = 26 or a deviating chromosome number...
  61. ncbi Chromosome triplication found across the tribe Brassiceae
    Martin A Lysak
    Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
    Genome Res 15:516-25. 2005
    ..The presumed hexaploidization event occurred after the Arabidopsis-Brassiceae split, between 7.9 and 14.6 Mya...
  62. ncbi The Arabidopsis heterochromatin protein1 homolog (TERMINAL FLOWER2) silences genes within the euchromatic region but not genes positioned in heterochromatin
    Kenji Nakahigashi
    Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Okayama, Japan
    Plant Cell Physiol 46:1747-56. 2005
    ..Taken together, TFL2 silences specific genes within euchromatin but not genes positioned in heterochromatin of Arabidopsis...
  63. ncbi DNA hypomethylation reduces homologous pairing of inserted tandem repeat arrays in somatic nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana
    Koichi Watanabe
    Biotech Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Rd, Foran Hall, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    Plant J 44:531-40. 2005
    ..In contrast, the preferential association of these inserted arrays with CCs in plant cells occurs through another mechanism...
  64. ncbi Histone modifications in Arabidopsis- high methylation of H3 lysine 9 is dispensable for constitutive heterochromatin
    Zuzana Jasencakova
    , D-06466 Gatersleben, Germany
    Plant J 33:471-80. 2003
    ..Thus, a high level of H3methylK9 is apparently not necessary to maintain chromocenter structure and does not prevent methylation of H3 lysine 4 within Arabidopsis chromocenters...
  65. ncbi Mechanisms of chromosome number reduction in Arabidopsis thaliana and related Brassicaceae species
    Martin A Lysak
    Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:5224-9. 2006
    ..Although involving different ancestral chromosomes, chromosome number reduction followed similar routes as found within the genus Arabidopsis...
  66. ncbi Cytogenetic analyses of Arabidopsis
    Martin Lysak
    Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
    Methods Mol Biol 323:173-86. 2006
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  67. ncbi MOM1 mediates DNA-methylation-independent silencing of repetitive sequences in Arabidopsis
    Isabelle Vaillant
    UMR CNRS 6547, Biomove, , 24 avenue des Landais, , France
    EMBO Rep 7:1273-8. 2006
    ....
  68. ncbi Regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana 5S rRNA Genes
    Isabelle Vaillant
    Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 6547 BIOMOVE, Universite Blaise Pascal, 24 avenue des Landais, F 63177 Aubière Cedex, France
    Plant Cell Physiol 48:745-52. 2007
    ....
  69. ncbi The triploid endosperm genome of Arabidopsis adopts a peculiar, parental-dosage-dependent chromatin organization
    Celia Baroux
    Institute of Plant Biology and Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Plant Cell 19:1782-94. 2007
    ....
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