Abstract Background In animals, H3K4me2 and H3K4me3 are enriched at the transcription
start site (TSS) and function as epigenetic marks that regulate gene transcription, but their …

Packaging DNA into chromatin is pivotal for the regulation of genome activity in eukaryotes.
This chromatin-level control relies on a range of histone modifications and variants …

Background WD40 proteins represent a large family in eukaryotes, which have been
involved in a broad spectrum of crucial functions. Systematic characterization and co …

RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a nuclear process in which small interfering RNAs
(siRNAs) direct the cytosine methylation of DNA sequences that are complementary to the …

During recent years rice genome-wide epigenomic information such as DNA methylation
and histone modifications, which are important for genome activity has been accumulated …

The master transcriptional repressor DREAM (dimerization partner, RB-like, E2F and
multivulval class B) complex regulates the cell cycle in eukaryotes, but much remains …

Conifers are evolutionarily more ancient than their angiosperm counterparts, and thus some
adaptive mechanisms and features influenced by epigenetic mechanisms appear more …

Histone lysine methylation is an important component of the epigenetic system demarcating
transcriptionally active and inactive chromatin domains. It is of primary importance in …

Centromeres are chromosomal regions that are crucial for chromosome segregation during
mitosis and meiosis, and failed centromere formation can contribute to chromosomal …

DNA methylation is a key epigenetic modification in mammals and plays important roles in
muscle development. We sampled longissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) from a well-known elite …