Epigenetic variations are involved in the control of plant developmental processes and
participate in shaping phenotypic plasticity to the environment. Intense breeding has eroded …

The central dogma (CD) of molecular biology is the transfer of genetic information from DNA
to RNA to protein. Major CD processes governing genetic flow include the cell cycle, DNA …

Epigenomic modifications are instrumental for transcriptional regulation, but comprehensive
reference epigenomes remain unexplored in rice. Here, we develop an enhanced chromatin …

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 …

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) …

Improving the responsiveness, acclimation, and memory of plants to abiotic stress holds
substantive potential for improving agriculture. An unresolved question is the involvement of …

DNA methylation is important for the regulation of gene expression and the silencing of
transposons in plants. Here we present genome-wide methylation patterns at single-base …

Background Differences in DNA methylation can arise as epialleles, which are loci that differ
in chromatin state and are inherited over generations. Epialleles offer an additional source …

Despite major progress in dissecting the molecular pathways that control DNA methylation
patterns in plants, little is known about the mechanisms that shape plant methylomes over …

The nonmethylable cytosine analogs, 5-azacytidine and zebularine, are widely used to
inhibit DNA methyltransferase activity and reduce genomic DNA methylation. In this study …