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Demethylation-induced developmental pleiotropy in Arabidopsis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Aug 1996
Ronemus M J, Galbiati M, Ticknor C, Chen J, Dellaporta S L
Abstract excerpt
The function of DNA methylation in higher plants was investigated by expression of a complementary DNA encoding a cytosine methyltransferase (MET1) from Arabidopsis thaliana as an antisense RNA in transgenic plants. This expression resulted in a 34 to 71 percent reduction in total genomic cytosine methylation. Loss of methylation was observed in both repetitive DNA and single-copy gene sequences. Developmental...
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