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Plant tissue culture is an in vitro technique used to manipulate cells, tissues, or organs, and plays an important role in genetic transformation. However, plants cultured in vitro often exhibit unintended genetic and epigenetic variations. Since it is important to secure the stability of endogenous and exogenous gene expressions in transgenic plants, it is preferable to avoid the occurrence of such variations. In this study, we focused on epigenetic variations, exclusively on methylation level changes of DNA, in transgenic Chinese cabbage ( Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis ) plants. To detect these methylation level changes of DNA, bisulfite sequencing was performed and the obtained sequences were compared with the 'CT001' reference genome. Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of DNA between the non-transgenic and transgenic lines were detected by bisulfite sequencing, and ten DMRs located in exonic regions were identified. The regions with methylation variations that were inherited and consistently maintained in the next generation lines were selected and validated. We also analyzed the relationship between methylation status and expression levels of transformant-conserved DMR ( TCD ) genes by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. These results suggested that the changes in methylation levels of these DMRs might have been related to the plant transformation process, affecting subsequent gene expression. Our findings can be used in fundamental research on methylation variations in transgenic plants and suggest that these variations affect the expression of the associated genes.

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DNA Methylation Level Changes in Transgenic Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) Plants and Their Effects on Corresponding Gene Expression Patterns