Plant genes: the genetics of epigenetics.
The formation of silent epialleles is accompanied by local hypermethylation of the DNA template, and genetically altered, methylation-deficient Arabidopsis mutants generate an increased number of epimutations. But what came first--methylation or epigenetic change?
Paszkowski
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Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland. jurek@fmi.ch; ortrun@fmi.ch
Mittelsten Scheid
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D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019175:DNA Methylation; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009491:Neurospora / Q000235:genetics