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RNA-directed DNA methylation

Known as: RdDM 
An epigenetic RNA-based gene silencing process first elucidated in plants whereby 24-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide DNA methyltransferases… 
National Institutes of Health

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2020
2020
Eukaryotes deploy RNA-mediated gene silencing pathways to guard their genomes against selfish genetic elements, such as… 
2019
2019
RNA-based processes play key roles in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. This includes both the processing of pre… 
2016
2016
The RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway is important for the transcriptional repression of transposable elements and for… 
2016
2016
The Arabidopsis ROS1/DEMETER family of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) DNA glycosylases are the first genetically characterized DNA… 
2016
2016
In Arabidopsis, it has been clarified that AGO4 protein is implicated in a phenomenon termed RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Nature Plants 2, 16163 (2016); published 3 November 2016; corrected 12 December 2016. In the version of this Review originally… 
2014
2014
DNA methylation in plants targets cytosines in three sequence contexts, CG, CHG and CHH (H representing A, C or T). Each of these… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
In plants, epigenetic regulation mediates both the proper development of the plant and responses to environmental cues. Changes… 
2013
2013
Cytosine methylation can be induced by double-stranded RNAs through the RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway. A DNA… 
2011
2011
Previously, we had shown that stable expression of a hairpin RNA sharing homology with the coat protein (CP) of the Cucumber…