Vaniushin, B. F.

DNA methylation in plants [electronic resource] / Boris F. Vanyushin and Vasili V. Ashapkin. - New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009. - 1 online resource (viii, 152 p.) : ill.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-140) and index.

Introduction -- Is the cytosine DNA methylation at all important? -- Are transposable sequences silenced by cytosine methylation? -- Are multicopy genes silenced by cytosine methylation? -- Is gene silencing always associated with their methylation? -- Are the epigenetic changes inheritable? -- Cytosine DNA-methyltransferases: how many of them are needed? -- Are there signals for the de novo DNA methylation? -- Is DNA methylation itself regulated by DNA methylation? -- H3 histone methylation or how DNA methylation patterns are established and maintained? -- Is dsRNA an another way of establishing DNA methylation patterns? -- Adenine DNA methylation -- Adenine DNA-methyltransferases -- Putative role of adenine DNA methylation in plants -- Conclusion.

9781608764143 (electronic bk.) 1608764141 (electronic bk.)


Plants--chemistry.
Plants--genetics.
DNA Methylation.
Plant biochemical genetics.
DNA--Methylation.


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