The evolving functions of DNA methylation

D Zilberman - Current opinion in plant biology, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals

JA Law, SE Jacobsen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark that is crucial for diverse biological
processes, including gene and transposon silencing, imprinting and X chromosome …

Putting DNA methylation in context: from genomes to gene expression in plants

CE Niederhuth, RJ Schmitz - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plant DNA methylation is its own language, interpreted by the cell to maintain silencing of
transposons, facilitate chromatin structure, and to ensure proper expression of some genes …

Gardening the genome: DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

SWL Chan, IR Henderson, SE Jacobsen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
DNA methylation has two essential roles in plants and animals—defending the genome
against transposons and regulating gene expression. Recent experiments in Arabidopsis …

Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants

H Zhang, Z Lang, JK Zhu - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification that is important for gene regulation
and genome stability. Aberrant patterns of DNA methylation can lead to plant developmental …

Covering your bases: inheritance of DNA methylation in plant genomes

CE Niederhuth, RJ Schmitz - Molecular plant, 2014 - cell.com
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 …

Genetic analyses of DNA methyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana

X Zhang, SE Jacobsen - Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on …, 2006 - symposium.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic silencing mechanism that functions to suppress
the proliferation of transposonsand regulate the expression of endogenous genes. In plants …

DNA methylation in plants: mechanisms and tools for targeted manipulation

J Gallego‐Bartolomé - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that regulates multiple processes, such as gene
expression and genome stability. Mutants and pharmacological treatments have been …

Non-coding RNAs and DNA methylation in plants

Y Zhao, X Chen - National science review, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification in eukaryotes that maintains
genome integrity and regulates gene expression. The DNA methylation patterns in plants …

Active DNA demethylation by oxidation and repair

Z Gong, JK Zhu - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
DNA methylation and demethylation are increasingly recognized as important epigenetic
factors in both plants and animals. DNA methylation, which is catalyzed by DNA …