Regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation is crucial for defining cellular identities
and coordinating organism-wide developmental programs in many organisms. In plants …

Cytosine DNA methylation protects eukaryotic genomes by silencing transposons and
harmful DNAs, but also regulates gene expression during normal development. Loss of CG …

DNA methylation shapes the epigenetic landscape of the genome, plays critical roles in
regulating gene expression, and ensures transposon silencing. As is evidenced by the …

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 …

▪ 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 …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that has key roles in the control of genome activity in
plants and mammals. It is critical for the stable silencing of repeat elements and is also …

Little is known about patterns of genic DNA methylation across the plant kingdom or about
the evolutionary processes that shape them. To characterize gene-body methylation (gbM) …

Cytosine bases of the nuclear genome in higher plants are often extensively methylated.
Cytosine methylation has been implicated in the silencing of both transposable elements …

Cytosine methylation is involved in various biological processes such as silencing of
transposable elements (TEs) and imprinting. Multiple pathways regulate DNA methylation in …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is associated with transcriptional repression of
transposable elements and protein-coding genes. Conversely, transcriptionally active …