DNA methylation in plants: Relationship to small rnas and histone modifications, and functions in transposon inactivation

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 766-784

  Saze, Hidetoshi ^a,b   Tsugane, Kazuo ^c,d   Kanno, Tatsuo ^a,e   Nishimura, Taisuke ^a,f  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA demethylation; DNA methylation; Histone modification; MBD; RdDM; Transposon

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PLANT RNA;

DNA METHYLATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HISTONES; PLANTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, PLANT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861075495     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs008     Document Type: Review

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