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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Illumina HiSeq 2000
ORGANISM(S): Zea mays
SUBMITTER: Kelly Dawe
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4329 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Genome research 20121226 4
Small RNA-mediated regulation of chromatin structure is an important means of suppressing unwanted genetic activity in diverse plants, fungi, and animals. In plants specifically, 24-nt siRNAs direct de novo methylation to repetitive DNA, both foreign and endogenous, in a process known as RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). Many components of the de novo methylation machinery have been identified recently, including multiple RNA polymerases, but specific genetic features that trigger methylation ...[more]