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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Critical roles of DNA demethylation in the activation of ripening-induced genes and inhibition of ripening-repressed genes in tomato fruit

Z Lang, Y Wang, K Tang, D Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic mark important for genome integrity,
development, and environmental responses in plants and mammals. Active DNA …

What do you mean,“epigenetic”?

C Deans, KA Maggert - Genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Interest in the field of epigenetics has increased rapidly over the last decade, with the term
becoming more identifiable in biomedical research, scientific fields outside of the molecular …

[HTML][HTML] RNA methylomes reveal the m6A-mediated regulation of DNA demethylase gene SlDML2 in tomato fruit ripening

L Zhou, S Tian, G Qin - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Methylation of nucleotides, notably in the forms of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) in
DNA and N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) in mRNA, carries important information for gene …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin changes in response to drought, salinity, heat, and cold stresses in plants

JM Kim, T Sasaki, M Ueda, K Sako, M Seki - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Chromatin regulation is essential to regulate genes and genome activities. In plants, the
alteration of histone modification and DNA methylation are coordinated with changes in the …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene targeting in Arabidopsis using sequential transformation

D Miki, W Zhang, W Zeng, Z Feng, JK Zhu - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Homologous recombination-based gene targeting is a powerful tool for precise genome
modification and has been widely used in organisms ranging from yeast to higher organisms …

DNA methylation dynamics in health and disease

Y Bergman, H Cedar - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is erased in the early embryo and then re-
established at the time of implantation. In this Review, dynamics of DNA methylation during …

Active DNA demethylation in plant companion cells reinforces transposon methylation in gametes

CA Ibarra, X Feng, VK Schoft, TF Hsieh, R Uzawa… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The Arabidopsis thaliana central cell, the companion cell of the egg, undergoes DNA
demethylation before fertilization, but the targeting preferences, mechanism, and biological …