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Mating system is associated with seed phenotypes upon loss of RNA-directed DNA methylation in Brassicaceae.
Plant physiology - 29 Mar 2024
Dew-Budd Kelly J, Chow Hiu Tung, Kendall Timmy, David Brandon C, Rozelle James A, Mosher Rebecca A, Beilstein Mark A
Abstract excerpt
In plants, de novo DNA methylation is guided by 24-nt short interfering (si)RNAs in a process called RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). Primarily targeted at transposons, RdDM causes transcriptional silencing and can indirectly influence expression of neighboring genes. During reproduction, a small number of siRNA loci are dramatically upregulated in the maternally derived seed coat, suggesting that RdDM might...
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