Tissue-Specific Response to Experimental Demethylation at Seed Germination in the Non-Model Herb Erodium cicutarium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Experimental Design
4.2. Laboratory Methods
4.3. Statistical Analyses
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Factor | χ2 | p |
---|---|---|
Treatment (TR) | 3.57 | 0.059 |
Tissue (TI) | 620.59 | <0.0001 |
Provenance (PR) | 2.30 | 0.129 |
TR * TI | 2.45 | 0.117 |
TR * PR | 7.94 | 0.0048 |
TI * PR | 23.82 | <0.0001 |
TR * TI * PR | 15.59 | <0.0001 |
Compound | Concentration (mM) | Time (h) | Species | Analysis | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5azadC | 0.3 | 16–72 | Oryza sativa 1 | 2D-TLC | [14] |
5azaC | 0.3 | 16 | Zea mays 1 | 2D-TLC | [55] |
5azaC | 0.3 | 16–72 | Oryza sativa 1 | 2D-TLC | [14] |
5azaC | 0.5–1.5 | 24–72 | Linum usitatissimum | HPLC | [41] |
5azaC | 0.01–1.5 | 72 | Brassica rapa 2 | MSAP | [42] |
5azaC | 0.025–1.0 | 192 | Arabidopsis thaliana | NGS | [20] |
5azaC | 1.0–100 | 144 | Fragaria vesca 1,4 | MSAP | [42] |
zebu | 0.02–0.08 | 336–504 | Arabidopsis thaliana 2 | HPLC | [19] |
zebu | 0.04 | 168 | Medicago sativa | HPLC | [19] |
zebu | 0.01–0.1 | 336 | Taraxacum officinale 3 | - | [22] |
zebu | 0.045 | 144 | Polygonum persicaria | - | [23] |
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Alonso, C.; Medrano, M.; Pérez, R.; Bazaga, P.; Herrera, C.M. Tissue-Specific Response to Experimental Demethylation at Seed Germination in the Non-Model Herb Erodium cicutarium. Epigenomes 2017, 1, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes1030016
Alonso C, Medrano M, Pérez R, Bazaga P, Herrera CM. Tissue-Specific Response to Experimental Demethylation at Seed Germination in the Non-Model Herb Erodium cicutarium. Epigenomes. 2017; 1(3):16. https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes1030016
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlonso, Conchita, Mónica Medrano, Ricardo Pérez, Pilar Bazaga, and Carlos M. Herrera. 2017. "Tissue-Specific Response to Experimental Demethylation at Seed Germination in the Non-Model Herb Erodium cicutarium" Epigenomes 1, no. 3: 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes1030016