Background DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification, which is involved in many
biological processes, including gene expression regulation, embryonic development, cell …

Cytosine methylation is an important base modification that is inherited across mitotic and
meiotic cell divisions in plant genomes. Heritable methylation variants can contribute to …

DNA methylation is found across eukaryotes; however, plants have evolved patterns and
pathways of DNA methylation that are distinct from animals and fungi. DNA methylation …

N 6-methyladenine (6mA) DNA methylation has emerged as an important epigenetic
modification in eukaryotes. Nevertheless, the evolution of the 6mA methylation of …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification required for transposable element (TE)
silencing, genome stability, and genomic imprinting. Although DNA methylation has been …

Detailed features of genomic DNA methylation have been revealed by recent genome-wide
analyses on several model organisms. An unexpected feature conserved among plants and …

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 …

The primary sequence of the genome is broadly constant and superimposed upon that
constancy is the postreplicative modification of a small number of cytosine residues to 5 …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification of the genome involved in the regulation of
gene expression and modulation of chromatin structure. Plant genomes are widely …

DNA methylation and demethylation precisely and effectively modulate gene expression
during plant growth and development and in response to stress. However, expression …