Meiotically and mitotically stable inheritance of DNA hypomethylation induced by ddm1 mutation of Arabidopsis thaliana.

doi:10.1093/genetics/151.2.831

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Meiotically and mitotically stable inheritance of DNA hypomethylation induced by ddm1 mutation of Arabidopsis thaliana.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1999

Kakutani T, Munakata K, Richards E J, Hirochika H

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In contrast to mammalian epigenetic phenomena, where resetting of gene expression generally occurs in each generation, epigenetic states of plant genes are often stably transmitted through generations. The Arabidopsis mutation ddm1 causes a 70% reduction in genomic 5-methylcytosine level. We have...

Topics

Arabidopsis
DNA Methylation
DNA, Plant
Genes, Plant
Meiosis
Mitosis
Mutation
Plant Proteins

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