▪ Abstract Methylation of cytosine residues in DNA provides a mechanism of gene control.
There are two classes of methyltransferase in Arabidopsis; one has a carboxy-terminal …

The most common modification of DNA in plant cells is methylation of cytosine residues at
carbon 5. In contrast to mammalian cells in which 3–8% of cytosine residues are methylated …

Plants contain three distinct DNA methyltransferase types that are responsible for the
establishment and maintenance of cytosine methylation patterns at heterochromatic and …

A relatively high degree of nuclear DNA (nDNA) methylation is a specific feature of plant
genomes. Targets for cytosine DNA methylation in plant genomes are CG, CHG and CHH (H …

Methylation of plant DNA occurs at cytosines in any sequence context, and as the
Arabidopsis methyltransferase, METI, preferentially methylates cytosines in CG …

DNA methylation is an important modification of DNA that plays a role in genome
management and in regulating gene expression during development. Methylation is carried …

DNA methylation is an ancient process found in all domains of life. Although the enzymes
that mediate methylation have remained highly conserved, DNA methylation has been …

Many plant, animal, and fungal genomes contain cytosine DNA methylation in asymmetric
sequence contexts (CpHpH, H= A, T, C). Although the enzymes responsible for this …

DNA methylation is a type of epigenetic marking that strongly influences chromatin structure
and gene expression in plants and mammals. Over the past decade, DNA methylation has …

Cytosine bases are extensively methylated in the DNA of plant genomes. DNA methylation
has been implicated in the silencing of transposable elements and genes, and loss of …