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A metastable DWARF1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jul 2009
Miura Kotaro, Agetsuma Masakazu, Kitano Hidemi, Yoshimura Atsushi, Matsuoka Makoto, Jacobsen Steven E, Ashikari Motoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic mutations confer heritable changes in gene expression that are not due to changes in the underlying sequence of the DNA. We identified a spontaneous rice mutant, Epi-d1, that shows a metastable dwarf phenotype. The phenotype is mitotically and meiotically inheritable and corresponds to the metastable epigenetic silencing of the DWARF1 (D1) gene. The silenced state is correlated with repressive histone...
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