Transposon age and non-CG methylation
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is thought to silence newly inserted transposable elements (TEs) with RNA-independent mechanisms becoming more prominent as TEs age. Here, the authors show that RdDM continues to silence the oldest intact distal TEs in tomato and Arabidopsis suggesting a second, l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14995-6 |