Plants make use of distinct types of DNA methylation characterized by their DNA
methyltransferases and modes of regulation. One type, RNA-directed DNA methylation …

DNA methylation plays a crucial role in suppressing mobilization of transposable elements
and regulation of gene expression. A number of studies have indicated that DNA …

DNA methylation is a chromatin modification that can provide epigenetic regulation of gene
and transposon expression. Plants utilize several pathways to establish and maintain DNA …

Plants encode a diverse repertoire of DNA methyltransferases that have specialized to target
cytosines for methylation in specific sequence contexts. These include the de novo …

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

RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) in plants is a well-characterized example of RNA
interference-related transcriptional gene silencing. To determine the relationships between …

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 …

DNA methylation can play important roles in the regulation of transposable elements and
genes. A collection of mutant alleles for 11 maize (Zea mays) genes predicted to play roles …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism for silencing transposons and other
repetitive elements, and for stable repression of specific transgenes and endogenous …

DNA methylation plays vital roles in repressing transposable element activity and regulating
gene expression. The chromatin-remodeling factor Decrease in DNA methylation 1 (DDM1) …