Stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a DNA methylation-sensing circuit
Epigenetic states are stably propagated in eukaryotes. In plants, DNA methylation patterns are faithfully inherited over many generations but it is unknown how the dynamic activities of cytosine DNA methyltransferases and 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylases interact to maintain epigenetic homeostasis....
Main Authors: | Williams, Ben P., Gehring, Mary |
---|---|
Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology |
Format: | Article |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2018
|
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113606 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2280-1522 |
Similar Items
-
Transgenerational Epigenetic DNA Methylation Editing and Human Disease
by: Joshua D. Tompkins
Published: (2023-11-01) -
Genetic confounds of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in mice
by: Daniel M. Sapozhnikov, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01) -
Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Traumatic Experience in Mammals
by: Jana Švorcová
Published: (2023-01-01) -
Calling the question: what is mammalian transgenerational epigenetic inheritance?
by: Hasan Khatib, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01) -
Present and future challenges for the investigation of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
by: Manon Fallet, et al.
Published: (2023-02-01)