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 …

Dynamics of DNA methylation and its functions in plant growth and development

S Kumar, T Mohapatra - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic modifications in DNA bases and histone proteins play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression and genome stability. Chemical modification of DNA base …

A CRISPR/Cas9 toolbox for multiplexed plant genome editing and transcriptional regulation

LG Lowder, D Zhang, NJ Baltes, JW Paul III… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The relative ease, speed, and biological scope of clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated Protein9 (Cas9)-based reagents for …

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: myths and mechanisms

E Heard, RA Martienssen - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Since the human genome was sequenced, the term" epigenetics" is increasingly being
associated with the hope that we are more than just the sum of our genes. Might what we …

RNA-directed DNA methylation: an epigenetic pathway of increasing complexity

MA Matzke, RA Mosher - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is the major small RNA-mediated epigenetic
pathway in plants. RdDM requires a specialized transcriptional machinery that comprises …

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

A Bošković, OJ Rando - Annual review of genetics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Inheritance of genomic DNA underlies the vast majority of biological inheritance, yet it has
been clear for decades that additional epigenetic information can be passed on to future …

Epigenetics of modified DNA bases: 5-methylcytosine and beyond

S Kumar, V Chinnusamy, T Mohapatra - Frontiers in genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Modification of DNA bases plays vital roles in the epigenetic control of gene expression in
both animals and plants. Though much attention is given to the conventional epigenetic …

Profiling genome-wide DNA methylation

WS Yong, FM Hsu, PY Chen - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2016 - Springer
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays an important role in regulating
gene expression and therefore a broad range of biological processes and diseases. DNA …

RNA interference in the nucleus: roles for small RNAs in transcription, epigenetics and beyond

SE Castel, RA Martienssen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
A growing number of functions are emerging for RNA interference (RNAi) in the nucleus, in
addition to well-characterized roles in post-transcriptional gene silencing in the cytoplasm …

Widespread dynamic DNA methylation in response to biotic stress

RH Dowen, M Pelizzola, RJ Schmitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation is crucial for defining cellular identities
and coordinating organism-wide developmental programs in many organisms. In plants …