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Genetic interactions between DNA demethylation and methylation in Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Dec 2007
Penterman Jon, Uzawa Rie, Fischer Robert L
Abstract excerpt
DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) is mediated by DNA glycosylases of the DEMETER family. Three DEMETER-LIKE (DML) proteins, REPRESSOR OF SILENCING1 (ROS1), DML2, and DML3, function to protect genes from potentially deleterious methylation. In Arabidopsis, much of the DNA methylation is directed by RNA interference (RNAi) pathways and used to defend the genome from transposable elements and...
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