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Regulation of carotenoid composition and shoot branching in Arabidopsis by a chromatin modifying histone methyltransferase, SDG8.

Cazzonelli CI, Cuttriss AJ, Cossetto SB, Pye W, Crisp P, Whelan J, Finnegan EJ, Turnbull C, Pogson BJ

Plant Cell. 2009 Jan; 21(1):39-53

Michael Lassner and Brian McGonigle, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, IA, USA. F1000 Plant Biology

12 Mar 2009 | New Finding

This intriguing paper makes a direct link between a chromatin-modifying protein and a specific physiological trait.

The ccr1 (carotenoid chloroplast regulatory 1) mutant of Arabidopsis has a variety of phenotypes, including increased number of branches and changes in carotenoid profiles. Positional cloning mapped the mutation to...

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