ArticleThe Plant cell2004
Extensive maternal DNA hypomethylation in the endosperm of Zea mays.
Article in The Plant cell, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.
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- Postzygotic reproductive isolation established in the endosperm: mechanisms, drivers and relevance.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2021Review
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- Epigenomic landscape and epigenetic regulation in maize.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2020Review
- Uniparental and transgressive expression of α-zeins in maize endosperm of o2 hybrid lines.PloS one · 2018Article
- Intraspecific DNA methylation polymorphism in the non-edible oilseed plant castor bean.Plant diversity · 2017Article
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- Differential DNA Methylation Patterns Are Related to Phellogen Origin and Quality of Quercus suber Cork.PloS one · 2017Article
- CG Methylation Covaries with Differential Gene Expression between Leaf and Floral Bud Tissues of Brachypodium distachyon.PloS one · 2016Article
- Seed response to strigolactone is controlled by abscisic acid-independent DNA methylation in the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel.Journal of experimental botany · 2015Article
- Genome-wide high-resolution mapping of DNA methylation identifies epigenetic variation across embryo and endosperm in Maize (Zea may).BMC genomics · 2015Article
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Abstract
A PCR-based genomic scan has been undertaken to estimate the extent and ratio of maternally versus paternally methylated DNA regions in endosperm, embryo, and leaf of Zea mays (maize). Analysis of several inbred lines and their reciprocal crosses identified a large number of conserved, differentially methylated DNA regions (DMRs) that were specific to the endosperm. DMRs were hypomethylated at specific methylation-sensitive restriction sites upon maternal transmission, whereas upon paternal transmission, the methylation levels were similar to those observed in embryo and leaf. Maternal hypomethylation was extensive and offers a likely explanation for the 13% reduction in methyl-cytosine content of the endosperm compared with leaf tissue. DMRs showed identity to expressed genic regions, were observed early after fertilization, and maintained at a later stage of endosperm development. The implications of extensive maternal hypomethylation with respect to endosperm development and epigenetic reprogramming will be discussed.
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