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Maintenance of CpG methylation is essential for epigenetic inheritance during plant gametogenesis.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2003
Saze Hidetoshi, Mittelsten Scheid Ortrun, Paszkowski Jerzy
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, the DNA methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) faithfully copies the pattern of cytosine methylation at CpG sites to the newly synthesized strand, and this is essential for epigenetic inheritance. In Arabidopsis thaliana, several DNA methyltransferases or chromatin modifiers coupled to methylation changes have been characterized, and mutations that cause loss of their function are recessive. This is surprising...
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