Plant genes: the genetics of epigenetics.

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Plant genes: the genetics of epigenetics.

Current biology : CB - 12 Mar 1998

Paszkowski J, Mittelsten Scheid O

Abstract excerpt

The formation of silent epialleles is accompanied by local hypermethylation of the DNA template, and genetically altered, methylation-deficient Arabidopsis mutants generate an increased number of epimutations. But what came first--methylation or epigenetic change?

Topics

Arabidopsis
DNA Methylation
Genes, Plant
Mutation
Neurospora

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