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ArticleCell reports2015

Involvement of Multiple Gene-Silencing Pathways in a Paramutation-like Phenomenon in Arabidopsis.

Zhimin Zheng, Hasi Yu, Daisuke Miki, Dan Jin, Qingzhu Zhang, Zhonghai Ren, Zhizhong Gong, Heng Zhang, Jian-Kang Zhu

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Article in Cell reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhimin ZhengShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China. Electronic address: zmzheng@sibs.ac.cn.
Hasi YuShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China.
Daisuke MikiShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China.
Dan JinState Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Qingzhu ZhangShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China.
Zhonghai RenState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Huanghuai Region), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Daizong Road No. 61, Tai'an 271018, China.
Zhizhong GongState Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Heng ZhangShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China. Electronic address: zhangheng@sibs.ac.cn.
Jian-Kang ZhuShanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 210602, China; Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
China Agricultural University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CNState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology

Funding

CALCIUM SIGNALING--INTRACELL ION HOMEOSTASIS REGULATIONR01GM059138 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHU, JIAN-KANG · 1999 to 2015
$4.4M
DNA Demethylation and Transcriptional Gene SilencingR01GM070795 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHU, JIAN-KANG · 2004 to 2015
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059138NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paramutation is an epigenetic phenomenon that has been observed in a number of multicellular organisms. The epigenetically silenced state of paramutated alleles is not only meiotically stable but also "infectious" to active homologous alleles. The molecular mechanism of paramutation remains unclear, but components involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) are required. Here, we report a multi-copy pRD29A-LUC transgene in Arabidopsis thaliana that behaves like a paramutation locus. The silent state of LUC is induced by mutations in the DNA glycosylase gene ROS1. The silent alleles of LUC are not only meiotically stable but also able to transform active LUC alleles into silent ones, in the absence of ros1 mutations. Maintaining silencing at the LUC gene requires action of multiple pathways besides RdDM. Our study identified specific factors that are involved in the paramutation-like phenomenon and established a model system for the study of paramutation in Arabidopsis.

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DNA MethylationArabidopsisEpigenesis, GeneticGene SilencingGenes, PlantMutationTransgenes

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