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 …

Epigenetic modifications in DNA bases and histone proteins play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression and genome stability. Chemical modification of DNA base …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification required for transposable element (TE)
silencing, genome stability, and genomic imprinting. Although DNA methylation has been …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in diverse biological processes.
In plants, DNA methylation can be established through the RNA-directed DNA methylation …

Histone methylation plays a fundamental role in regulating diverse developmental
processes and is also involved in silencing repetitive sequences in order to maintain …

The function of plant genomes depends on chromatin marks such as the methylation of DNA
and the post-translational modification of histones. Techniques for studying model plants …

Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon leading to parentally biased gene
expression. Throughout the years, extensive efforts have been made to characterize the …

Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) plays critical roles in regulating animal
development, and in several cases, H3K27me3 is also required for the proper expression of …

Polycomb-group (PcG) genes encode chromatin proteins involved in stable and heritable
transcriptional silencing. PcG proteins participate in distinct multimeric complexes that …

Plant development processes are regulated by epigenetic alterations that shape nuclear
structure, gene expression, and phenotypic plasticity; these alterations can provide the plant …