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 …

Long noncoding RNAs in plants

AT Wierzbicki, T Blevins… - Annual Review of Plant …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Plants have an extraordinary diversity of transcription machineries, including five nuclear
DNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Four of these enzymes are dedicated to the production …

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 …

Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis

H Stroud, T Do, J Du, X Zhong, S Feng… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
DNA methylation occurs in CG and non-CG sequence contexts. Non-CG methylation is
abundant in plants and is mediated by CHROMOMETHYLASE (CMT) and DOMAINS …

[HTML][HTML] The Arabidopsis nucleosome remodeler DDM1 allows DNA methyltransferases to access H1-containing heterochromatin

A Zemach, MY Kim, PH Hsieh, D Coleman-Derr… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Nucleosome remodelers of the DDM1/Lsh family are required for DNA methylation of
transposable elements, but the reason for this is unknown. How DDM1 interacts with other …

Long non-coding RNAs and their functions in plants

JA Chekanova - Current opinion in plant biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Plant lncRNAs participate in regulation of transcription, splicing, and nuclear
structure.•In flowering, multiple lncRNAs act in silencing of FLC via diverse …

Classification and comparison of small RNAs from plants

MJ Axtell - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Regulatory small RNAs, which range in size from 20 to 24 nucleotides, are ubiquitous
components of endogenous plant transcriptomes, as well as common responses to …

The Diversity, Biogenesis, and Activities of Endogenous Silencing Small RNAs in Arabidopsis

NG Bologna, O Voinnet - Annual review of plant biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
In eukaryotic RNA silencing, RNase-III classes of enzymes in the Dicer family process
double-stranded RNA of cellular or exogenous origin into small-RNA (sRNA) molecules …

Control of chromatin structure by long noncoding RNA

G Böhmdorfer, AT Wierzbicki - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) is a pivotal factor regulating various aspects of genome
activity. Genome regulation via DNA methylation and post-translational histone …

The initiation of epigenetic silencing of active transposable elements is triggered by RDR6 and 21-22 nucleotide small interfering RNAs

S Nuthikattu, AD McCue, K Panda, D Fultz… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile fragments of DNA that are repressed in both plant
and animal genomes through the epigenetic inheritance of repressed chromatin and …