High Resolution Mapping and Functional Analysis of the Methylome in Arabidopsis (mCIP, MBD)
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ABSTRACT: Cytosine DNA methylation is important for transposon silencing and epigenetic regulation of endogenous genes. Using a single-chip tiling microarray with 35 bp resolution, we carried out the first unbiased mapping of DNA methylation in the entire genome of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana.Pericentromeric heterochromatin, repetitive sequences and regions producing small interfering RNAs were heavily methylated. Unexpectedly, over one third of expressed genes contained methylation within transcribed regions, whereas only ~5% of genes contained methylation within promoter regions. Interestingly, genes methylated in transcribed regions were highly expressed and constitutively active, whereas promoter-methylated genes showed a greater degree of tissue-specific expression. Analysis of several DNA methyltransferase mutants revealed widespread epigenetic regulation of protein-coding genes as well as non-coding RNA genes of unknown function. Keywords: whole genome profiling, DNA methylation, mCIP, MBD
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
PROVIDER: GSE5094 | GEO | 2006/08/30
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA95343
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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