RNA m6A modification facilitates DNA methylation during maize kernel development

JH Luo, T Guo, M Wang, JH Liu, LM Zheng… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… , leading to a significant decrease in CHH methylation in the 5′ … maize kernel development
and provides insights into the interplay between RNA modification and DNA methylation

The conservation of allelic DNA methylation and its relationship with imprinting in maize

X Dong, H Luo, J Yao, Q Guo, S Yu… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… of maize kernel development, improve our knowledge of the molecular regulation network
of kernel development, and lay a theoretical foundation for increasing maize production. …

N6-methyladenosine transcriptome-wide profiles of maize kernel development

JW Wu, GM Zheng, L Zhang, YJ Zhao, RY Yan… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
… commences with double fertilization, and the development of the triploid endosperm 105 …
molecular network 111 governing maize kernel development. DNA methylation is a prevalent …

Coordinated regulation of starch synthesis in maize endosperm by microRNAs and DNA methylation

Y Hu, Y Li, J Weng, H Liu, G Yu, Y Liu, Q Xiao… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… of miRNAs and DNA methylation in … of DNA methylation–miRNA–TF–SSGs in maize starch
synthesis. We illuminated the regulatory functions of miRNAs and DNA methylation in maize

Decrease in DNA methylation 1 (DDM1) is required for the formation of mCHH islands in maize

JC Long, AA Xia, JH Liu, JL Jing… - Journal of integrative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… of DDM1 in regulating genome-wide DNA methylation in maize. Two homologs of ZmDDM1
… stage of kernel development. We establish that ZmDDM1 is critical for DNA methylation, at …

Kernel size‐related genes revealed by an integrated eQTL analysis during early maize kernel development

J Pang, J Fu, N Zong, J Wang, D Song… - The Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… For context, in a process conceptually similar to DNA methylation, m 6 A marks on mRNA
can be dynamically written, erased and read, and these marks are known to affect gene …

DNA methylation and tissue-specific transcription of the storage protein genes of maize

MW Bianchi, A Viotti - Plant Molecular Biology, 1988 - Springer
… We investigated the methylation state of a set of storage protein genes of maize, coding for …
in developing endosperms. These genes, present as multigene families in the maize genome …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic DNA methylation in plant growth and development

A Bartels, Q Han, P Nair, L Stacey, H Gaynier… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
… that DNA methylation is dynamic during plant development. For example, DNA methylation
… This explains why there are such high levels of methylation in maize (86%, 74%, and 5% in …

Developmental patterns of chromatin structure and DNA methylation responsible for epigenetic expression of a maize regulatory gene

OA Hoekenga, MG Muszynski, KC Cone - Genetics, 2000 - academic.oup.com
… developmentally-sensitive methylation patterns. We show that Pl-Blotched and Pl-Rhoades
have distinct patterns of DNA methylation that change progressively through development. At …

[HTML][HTML] The Italian Research on the Molecular Characterization of Maize Kernel Development

G Consonni, G Castorina, S Varotto - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… occurs in the endosperm, while a common methylated pattern is detected in the different
somatic tissues and in the embryo [54]. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is often …