Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dowen RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3420206 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dowen Robert H RH Pelizzola Mattia M Schmitz Robert J RJ Lister Ryan R Dowen Jill M JM Nery Joseph R JR Dixon Jack E JE Ecker Joseph R JR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120625 32
Regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation is crucial for defining cellular identities and coordinating organism-wide developmental programs in many organisms. In plants, modulation of DNA methylation in response to environmental conditions represents a potentially robust mechanism to regulate gene expression networks; however, examples of dynamic DNA methylation are largely limited to gene imprinting. Here we report an unexpected role for DNA methylation in regulation of the Arabidopsis t ...[more]