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Analysis of hypermethylation in the RPS element suggests a signal function for short inverted repeats in de novo methylation.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Mar 2002
Müller Andreas, Marins Mozart, Kamisugi Yasuko, Meyer Peter
Abstract excerpt
A repetitive DNA sequence (RPS) from Petunia hybrida had previously been shown to enhance expression variegation in petunia and tobacco and to carry a hot spot for de novo DNA methylation. Here we show that a strong de novo hypermethylation site is located within a palindromic segment of the RPS and present indirect evidence, based on sequence homologies to other repeat units within the RPS, for the formation of...
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