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The role of DNA methylation, nucleosome occupancy and histone modifications in paramutation.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2010
Haring Max, Bader Rechien, Louwers Marieke, Schwabe Anne, van Driel Roel, Stam Maike
Abstract excerpt
Paramutation is the transfer of epigenetic information between alleles that leads to a heritable change in expression of one of these alleles. Paramutation at the tissue-specifically expressed maize (Zea mays) b1 locus involves the low-expressing B' and high-expressing B-I allele. Combined in the same nucleus, B' heritably changes B-I into B'. A hepta-repeat located 100-kb upstream of the b1 coding region is...
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