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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Physcomitrella patens
SUBMITTER: Gertrud Wiedemann
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3431 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Noy-Malka Chen C Yaari Rafael R Itzhaki Rachel R Mosquna Assaf A Auerbach Gershovitz Nitzan N Katz Aviva A Ohad Nir N
Plant molecular biology 20131227 6
C-5 DNA methylation is an essential mechanism controlling gene expression and developmental programs in a variety of organisms. Though the role of DNA methylation has been intensively studied in mammals and Arabidopsis, little is known about the evolution of this mechanism. The chromomethylase (CMT) methyltransferase family is unique to plants and was found to be involved in DNA methylation in Arabidopsis, maize and tobacco. The moss Physcomitrella patens, a model for early terrestrial plants, h ...[more]