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Subtle Perturbations of the Maize Methylome Reveal Genes and Transposons Silenced by Chromomethylase or RNA-Directed DNA Methylation Pathways.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 31 May 2018
Anderson Sarah N, Zynda Gregory J, Song Jawon, Han Zhaoxue, Vaughn Matthew W, Li Qing, Springer Nathan M
Abstract excerpt
DNA methylation is a chromatin modification that can provide epigenetic regulation of gene and transposon expression. Plants utilize several pathways to establish and maintain DNA methylation in specific sequence contexts. The chromomethylase (CMT) genes maintain CHG (where H = A, C or T) methylation. The RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway is important for CHH methylation. Transcriptome analysis was...
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