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 …

The histone variant H2A. Z in gene regulation

BD Giaimo, F Ferrante, A Herchenröther, SB Hake… - Epigenetics & …, 2019 - Springer
The histone variant H2A. Z is involved in several processes such as transcriptional control,
DNA repair, regulation of centromeric heterochromatin and, not surprisingly, is implicated in …

Histone exchange, chromatin structure and the regulation of transcription

S Venkatesh, JL Workman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into strings of nucleosomes is one of the features that allows
eukaryotic cells to tightly regulate gene expression. The ordered disassembly of …

[HTML][HTML] Gene body methylation can alter gene expression and is a therapeutic target in cancer

X Yang, H Han, DD De Carvalho, FD Lay, PA Jones… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
DNA methylation in promoters is well known to silence genes and is the presumed
therapeutic target of methylation inhibitors. Gene body methylation is positively correlated …

[HTML][HTML] Reversing DNA methylation: mechanisms, genomics, and biological functions

H Wu, Y Zhang - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Methylation of cytosines in the mammalian genome represents a key epigenetic modification
and is dynamically regulated during development. Compelling evidence now suggests that …

Functions of DNA methylation: islands, start sites, gene bodies and beyond

PA Jones - Nature reviews genetics, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation is frequently described as a'silencing'epigenetic mark, and indeed this
function of 5-methylcytosine was originally proposed in the 1970s. Now, thanks to improved …

Gene body DNA methylation in plants

AJ Bewick, RJ Schmitz - Current opinion in plant biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•GbM is typified by mCG within coding regions, and depletion at the TSS and
TTS.•Species without gbM revealed an unexpected role for CMT3 in the evolution of …

[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 …

Variants of core histones and their roles in cell fate decisions, development and cancer

M Buschbeck, SB Hake - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Histone variants endow chromatin with unique properties and show a specific genomic
distribution that is regulated by specific deposition and removal machineries. These variants …

A double take on bivalent promoters

P Voigt, WW Tee, D Reinberg - Genes & development, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Histone modifications and chromatin-associated protein complexes are crucially involved in
the control of gene expression, supervising cell fate decisions and differentiation. Many …