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Common alleles of CMT2 and NRPE1 are major determinants of CHH methylation variation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
PLoS genetics - 1 Dec 2019
Sasaki Eriko, Kawakatsu Taiji, Ecker Joseph R, Nordborg Magnus
Abstract excerpt
DNA cytosine methylation is an epigenetic mark associated with silencing of transposable elements (TEs) and heterochromatin formation. In plants, it occurs in three sequence contexts: CG, CHG, and CHH (where H is A, T, or C). The latter does not allow direct inheritance of methylation during DNA replication due to lack of symmetry, and methylation must therefore be re-established every cell generation....
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