RNA-directed DNA methylation: the evolution of a complex epigenetic pathway in flowering plants

MA Matzke, T Kanno, AJM Matzke - Annual review of plant …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is an epigenetic process in plants that involves both
short and long noncoding RNAs. The generation of these RNAs and the induction of RdDM …

An RNA polymerase II-and AGO4-associated protein acts in RNA-directed DNA methylation

Z Gao, HL Liu, L Daxinger, O Pontes, X He, W Qian… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark in many eukaryotes,,,,. In plants, 24-
nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) bound to the effector protein, Argonaute 4 …

A protein complex required for polymerase V transcripts and RNA-directed DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

JA Law, I Ausin, LM Johnson, AA Vashisht, JK Zhu… - Current Biology, 2010 - cell.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification associated with gene silencing. In
Arabidopsis, DNA methylation is established by DOMAINS REARRANGED …

Non-coding RNA polymerases that silence transposable elements and reprogram gene expression in plants

B Rymen, L Ferrafiat, T Blevins - Transcription, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Multisubunit RNA polymerase (Pol) complexes are the core machinery for gene expression
in eukaryotes. The enzymes Pol I, Pol II and Pol III transcribe distinct subsets of nuclear …

CryoEM structures of Arabidopsis DDR complexes involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation

SP Wongpalee, S Liu, J Gallego-Bartolomé… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transcription by RNA polymerase V (Pol V) in plants is required for RNA-directed DNA
methylation, leading to transcriptional gene silencing. Global chromatin association of Pol V …

Use of forward genetic screens to identify genes required for RNA-directed DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

C Eun, ZJ Lorkovic, T Sasaki… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - symposium.cshlp.org
RNA-directed DNA methylation is a small RNA-mediated epigenetic modification that
contributes to transcriptional silencing of transposons and repetitive sequences in plants …

The ability to form homodimers is essential for RDM1 to function in RNA-directed DNA methylation

T Sasaki, ZJ Lorković, SC Liang, AJM Matzke… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
RDM1 (RNA-DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION1) is a small plant-specific protein required for
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). RDM1 interacts with RNA polymerase II (Pol II) …

Functional analyses of PtRDM1 gene overexpression in poplars and evaluation of its effect on DNA methylation and response to salt stress

A Movahedi, J Zhang, W Sun, K Mohammadi… - Plant physiology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modification by DNA methylation is necessary for all cellular processes, including
genetic expression events, DNA repair, genomic imprinting and regulation of tissue …

Roles of IDM3 and SDJ1/2/3 in establishment and/or maintenance of DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

W Miao, J Dai, Y Wang, Q Wang, C Lu… - Plant and Cell …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies had demonstrated that in Arabidopsis, IDM3 is involved in ROS1-mediated
DNA demethylation pathway, and SUVH-SDJ complex functions as a DNA methylation …

Modelling and molecular docking studies of the cytoplasmic domain of Wsc-family, full-length Ras2p, and therapeutic antifungal compounds

V Vélez-Segarra, K Carrasquillo-Carrión… - … biology and chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the budding yeast, must remodel initial cell shape and cell wall
integrity during vegetative growth and pheromone-induced morphogenesis. The cell wall …