Dynamics and function of DNA methylation in plants

H Zhang, Z Lang, JK Zhu - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification that is important for gene regulation
and genome stability. Aberrant patterns of DNA methylation can lead to plant developmental …

Epigenome plasticity in plants

JPB Lloyd, R Lister - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Plant intra-individual and inter-individual variation can be determined by the epigenome, a
set of covalent modifications of DNA and chromatin that can alter genome structure and …

Critical roles of DNA demethylation in the activation of ripening-induced genes and inhibition of ripening-repressed genes in tomato fruit

Z Lang, Y Wang, K Tang, D Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic mark important for genome integrity,
development, and environmental responses in plants and mammals. Active DNA …

A DEMETER-like DNA demethylase governs tomato fruit ripening

R Liu, A How-Kit, L Stammitti… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
In plants, genomic DNA methylation which contributes to development and stress responses
can be actively removed by DEMETER-like DNA demethylases (DMLs). Indeed, in …

Divergent DNA methylation patterns associated with gene expression in rice cultivars with contrasting drought and salinity stress response

R Garg, VVS Narayana Chevala, R Shankar, M Jain - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that play an important role in gene regulation
in response to environmental conditions. The understanding of DNA methylation at the …

The dynamism of transposon methylation for plant development and stress adaptation

M Ramakrishnan, L Satish, R Kalendar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plant development processes are regulated by epigenetic alterations that shape nuclear
structure, gene expression, and phenotypic plasticity; these alterations can provide the plant …

The Arabidopsis active demethylase ROS1 cis-regulates defence genes by erasing DNA methylation at promoter-regulatory regions

T Halter, J Wang, D Amesefe, E Lastrucci, M Charvin… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Active DNA demethylation has emerged as an important regulatory process of plant and
mammalian immunity. However, very little is known about the mechanisms by which active …

Methylation-sensitive expression of a DNA demethylase gene serves as an epigenetic rheostat

BP Williams, D Pignatta, S Henikoff, M Gehring - PLoS genetics, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Genomes must balance active suppression of transposable elements (TEs) with the need to
maintain gene expression. In Arabidopsis, euchromatic TEs are targeted by RNA-directed …

The DNA demethylase ROS1 targets genomic regions with distinct chromatin modifications

K Tang, Z Lang, H Zhang, JK Zhu - Nature plants, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Arabidopsis ROS1/DEMETER family of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) DNA
glycosylases are the first genetically characterized DNA demethylases in eukaryotes …

Epigenetic modifications and plant hormone action

C Yamamuro, JK Zhu, Z Yang - Molecular plant, 2016 - cell.com
The action of phytohormones in plants requires the spatiotemporal regulation of their
accumulation and responses at various levels. Recent studies reveal an emerging …