… the regulatory mechanisms of DNA methylation. In addition, we will discuss the current …
of the roles of DNA methylation in transposon regulation. DNA Methyltransferases in Plants …

… We tested whether the modification of PvulI and SstH sites in genomic DNA from plants
containing an … to see whether DNA methylation of the inactive element is a general phenomenon. …

… inactivation. Analysis of bulk DNA methylation showed that upon inactivation the level of C
… of cryptic transposable elements in maize plants after a cycle of tissue culture. Regenerated …

… Figure 1Progression of transposon DNA methylation and silencing from Pol II- and RDR6-
mediated RdDM (A) to self-reinforcing Pol IV- and Pol V-mediated RdDM, which interfaces …

… Transgenes (and transposable elements) that have been inactivated andmethylated de novo
show a high density of methylcytosine, in CpG, in CpNpG, andin asymmetric sequences. In …

… proposed that DNA methylation plays an important role in the inactivation of transposons. This
… To investigate this question we analyzed Tam3 transposition activity and methylation level …

… DNA is rapidly methylated, resulting in inactivation of the Ac TPase promoter and interference
with binding of residual TPase to the transposon … be scrutinized in transgenic plants, we …

… of plant transposons, their interrelations and regulation have been established from the
extensive work on the transposons of … with transposon inactivation, suggests very strongly that …

… in plants. Transcriptional silencing of TEs is maintained ubiquitously by DNA methylation,
whereas repressing transposition of … occurs by MET1 inactivation and DME activation. Loss of …

… site of the genome where genes and transposons are inactivated, as the RNA polymerase
is … DNA methylation [252]. This DNA methylation may lead to suppression of transposition …