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Differential epigenetic regulation within an Arabidopsis retroposon family.
Genetics - 1 May 2007
Rangwala Sanjida H, Richards Eric J
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We previously reported a novel family of Arabidopsis thaliana nonautonomous retroposons, Sadhu, showing epigenetic variation in natural populations. Here, we show that transcripts corresponding to Sadhu elements accumulate in a subset of mutants carrying disruptions in genes encoding chromatin modification enzymes, but are not significantly expressed in mutants defective in RNA silencing pathways, indicating that...
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