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Open AccessLocal and global crosstalk among heterochromatin marks drives DNA methylome patterning in Arabidopsis
Transposable elements (TEs) are robustly silenced by multiple epigenetic marks, but dynamics of crosstalk among these marks remains enigmatic. In Arabidopsis, TEs are silenced by cytosine methylation in both C...
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Author Correction: RNA interference-independent reprogramming of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00839-0.
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RNA interference-independent reprogramming of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
DNA methylation is important for silencing transposable elements (TEs) in diverse eukaryotes, including plants. In plant genomes, TEs are silenced by methylation of histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) and cytosines in ...
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Open AccessDNA methylation is reconfigured at the onset of reproduction in rice shoot apical meristem
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that specifies the basic state of pluripotent stem cells and regulates the developmental transition from stem cells to various cell types. In flowering plants, the...
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Open AccessEvolution of sequence-specific anti-silencing systems in Arabidopsis
The arms race between parasitic sequences and their hosts is a major driving force for evolution of gene control systems. Since transposable elements (TEs) are potentially deleterious, eukaryotes silence them ...
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Open AccessThe histone H3 variant H3.3 regulates gene body DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Gene bodies of vertebrates and flowering plants are occupied by the histone variant H3.3 and DNA methylation. The origin and significance of these profiles remain largely unknown. DNA methylation and H3.3 enri...
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A complex dominance hierarchy is controlled by polymorphism of small RNAs and their targets
In diploid organisms, phenotypic traits are often biased by effects known as Mendelian dominant–recessive interactions between inherited alleles. Phenotypic expression of SP11 alleles, which encodes the male dete...
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Trans-acting small RNA determines dominance relationships in Brassica self-incompatibility
In diploid organisms, the expression levels of the two inherited alleles can be biased by dominant or recessive relationships, which determine the final phenotype. In Brassica, self-incompatibility in pollen is d...
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Dominance relationships between self-incompatibility alleles controlled by DNA methylation
In crucifers, the pollen S-determinant gene, SP11, is sporophytically expressed in the anther tapetum, and the pollen self-incompatibility phenotype is determined by the dominance relationships between the two S-...
