On the causes of gene-body methylation variation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Gene-body methylation (gbM) refers to sparse CG methylation of coding regions, which is especially prominent in evolutionarily conserved house-keeping genes. It is found in both plants and animals, but is directly and stably (epigenetically) inherited over multiple generations in the former. Studies...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010728 |