An Arabidopsis jmjC domain protein protects transcribed genes from DNA methylation at CHG sites

A Miura, M Nakamura, S Inagaki, A Kobayashi… - The EMBO …, 2009 - embopress.org
Differential cytosine methylation of genes and transposons is important for maintaining
integrity of plant genomes. In Arabidopsis, transposons are heavily methylated at both CG …

Chromatin and siRNA pathways cooperate to maintain DNA methylation of small transposable elements in Arabidopsis

RK Tran, D Zilberman, C de Bustos, RF Ditt… - Genome biology, 2005 - Springer
Background DNA methylation occurs at preferred sites in eukaryotes. In Arabidopsis, DNA
cytosine methylation is maintained by three subfamilies of methyltransferases with distinct …

Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein MBD7 is required for active DNA demethylation in Arabidopsis

C Wang, X Dong, D Jin, Y Zhao, S Xie, X Li… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Although researchers have established that DNA methylation and active demethylation are
dynamically regulated in plant cells, the molecular mechanism for the regulation of active …

RNA-binding protein regulates plant DNA methylation by controlling mRNA processing at the intronic heterochromatin-containing gene IBM1

X Wang, CG Duan, K Tang, B Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation is a conserved mechanism of
epigenetic silencing of transposons and other repeat elements in many higher eukaryotes …

DNA methylation mutants in Physcomitrella patens elucidate individual roles of CG and non-CG methylation in genome regulation

K Domb, A Katz, KD Harris, R Yaari… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cytosine (DNA) methylation in plants regulates the expression of genes and transposons.
While methylation in plant genomes occurs at CG, CHG, and CHH sequence contexts, the …

Autocatalytic differentiation of epigenetic modifications within the Arabidopsis genome

S Inagaki, A Miura‐Kamio, Y Nakamura, F Lu… - The EMBO …, 2010 - embopress.org
In diverse eukaryotes, constitutively silent sequences, such as transposons and repeats, are
marked by methylation at histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9me). Although selective H3K9me is …

DNA methylation-free Arabidopsis reveals crucial roles of DNA methylation in regulating gene expression and development

L He, H Huang, M Bradai, C Zhao, Y You, J Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A contribution of DNA methylation to defense against invading nucleic acids and
maintenance of genome integrity is uncontested; however, our understanding of the extent …

Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis

H Stroud, T Do, J Du, X Zhong, S Feng… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
DNA methylation occurs in CG and non-CG sequence contexts. Non-CG methylation is
abundant in plants and is mediated by CHROMOMETHYLASE (CMT) and DOMAINS …

Gene body DNA methylation in plants: a means to an end or an end to a means?

FK Teixeira, V Colot - The EMBO journal, 2009 - embopress.org
Cytosine methylation is widely known for its role in silencing transposable elements and
some genes in plants and mammals. However, whereas methylation of promoter sequences …

Epimutations are associated with CHROMOMETHYLASE 3-induced de novo DNA methylation

JM Wendte, Y Zhang, L Ji, X Shi, RR Hazarika… - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
In many plant species, a subset of transcribed genes are characterized by strictly CG-context
DNA methylation, referred to as gene body methylation (gbM). The mechanisms that …