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DNA methylation and the promotion of flowering by vernalization.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 May 1998
Finnegan E J, Genger R K, Kovac K, Peacock W J, Dennis E S
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We have tested the hypothesis that the promotion of flowering by prolonged exposure to low temperatures (vernalization) is mediated by DNA demethylation [Burn, J. E., Bagnall, D. J., Metzger, J. M., Dennis, E. S. & Peacock, W. J. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 287-291]. Arabidopsis plants that have reduced levels of DNA methylation because of the presence of a methyltransferase (METI) antisense gene...
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