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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Jian-Kang Zhu
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-44417 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PLoS genetics 20130912 9
Cytosine DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark that is frequently associated with the silencing of genes and transposable elements (TEs). In Arabidopsis, the establishment of DNA methylation is through the RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway. Here, we report the identification and characterization of RDM16, a new factor in the RdDM pathway. Mutation of RDM16 reduced the DNA methylation levels and partially released the silencing of a reporter gene as well as some endogenous genomic ...[more]