Open AccessDNA Methylation in Maize: Toto, I’ve a Feeling We’re Not in Arabidopsis Anymore
Author(s) -
Jennifer Mach
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.135384
Subject(s) - biology , transposable element , dna methylation , arabidopsis , genome , genetics , arabidopsis thaliana , gene , dna , gene silencing , methylation , zea mays , genomic dna , gene expression , mutant , agronomy
The maize ( Zea mays ) genome is ∼20-fold larger than the Arabidopsis thaliana genome (∼2500 Mb versus 125 Mb) and packed with transposons and other repetitive sequences. DNA methylation affects the silencing of genes and transposons and may help plant cells manage their repetitive DNA (reviewed
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