Epigenetics: SUPERMAN dresses up.
DNA and histone methylation have been implicated in epigenetic gene regulation. Recent studies in Neurospora and now Arabidopsis indicate that histone methylation can direct DNA methylation, suggesting that these two methylation systems have been functionally linked during evolution.
Lachner
Monika
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Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), The Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 7, Austria. lachner@nt.imp.univie.ac.at
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D019175:DNA Methylation; D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases / Q000378:metabolism; D020868:Gene Silencing; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009491:Neurospora / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D006657:Histones; D014157:Transcription Factors; C096661:superman protein, Arabidopsis; D015257:DNA-Cytosine Methylases; C429766:CMT3 protein, Arabidopsis