title: [DNA methylation regulating factors in plants].
abstract: DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification and multiple factors interact to regulate the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation in plant genome. Different methylation sites require different cytosine methyltransferases, which contribute to the modification of chromatin structure and mediate epigenetics with chromatin remodeling enzymes and histone modifying factors. DNA glycosylases can remove DNA methylation and alleviate silencing. The functions and interactions of DNA methylation regulating factors, the establishment, maintenance and removement mechanisms of DNA methylations are reviewed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Key Laboratory for Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China. coldxia@126.com
authors.forename: Han
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Mei-Qin
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei-Lun
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Cun-Fu
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xin-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D006657:Histones