A Two-Step Process for Epigenetic Inheritance in Arabidopsis
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A two-step process for epigenetic inheritance in Arabidopsis.
In Arabidopsis, multisubunit RNA polymerases IV and V orchestrate RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) and transcriptional silencing, but what identifies the loci to be silenced is unclear. We show that heritable silent locus identity at a specific subset of RdDM targets requires HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 (HDA6) acting upstream of Pol IV recruitment and siRNA biogenesis. At these loci, epigenetic me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Cell
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.02.019