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Analysis of Chromatin Regulators Reveals Specific Features of Rice DNA Methylation Pathways.
Plant physiology - 1 Jul 2016
Tan Feng, Zhou Chao, Zhou Qiangwei, Zhou Shaoli, Yang Wenjing, Zhao Yu, Li Guoliang, Zhou Dao-Xiu
Abstract excerpt
Plant DNA methylation that occurs at CG, CHG, and CHH sites (H = A, C, or T) is a hallmark of the repression of repetitive sequences and transposable elements (TEs). The rice (Oryza sativa) genome contains about 40% repetitive sequence and TEs and displays specific patterns of genome-wide DNA methylation. The mechanism responsible for the specific methylation patterns is unclear. Here, we analyzed the function of...
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