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DNA topoisomerase I affects polycomb group protein-mediated epigenetic regulation and plant development by altering nucleosome distribution in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Jul 2014
Liu Xigang, Gao Lei, Dinh Thanh Theresa, Shi Ting, Li Dongming, Wang Ruozhong, Guo Lin, Xiao Langtao, Chen Xuemei
Abstract excerpt
It has been perplexing that DNA topoisomerases, enzymes that release DNA supercoils, play specific roles in development. In this study, using a floral stem cell model in Arabidopsis thaliana, we uncovered a role for TOPOISOMERASE1α (TOP1α) in Polycomb Group (PcG) protein-mediated histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) at, and transcriptional repression of, the stem cell maintenance gene WUSCHEL (WUS). We...
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