title: Small RNAs: how seeds remember to obey their mother.
abstract: The endosperm is one of two products from the double fertilization event that occurs during sexual reproduction in flowering plants. A series of recent reports highlights the unusual genetic regulatory mechanisms that occur in endosperm and suggests a role for transposon regulation in imprinting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, 250 Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. springer@umn.edu
authors.forename: Nathan M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Springer
mesh_terms: D019175:DNA Methylation; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D056625:Endosperm / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000502:physiology*; D018392:Genomic Imprinting / Q000502:physiology*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000502:physiology*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering