Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 33, Issue 18, Pages 1987-1998Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201488883
Keywords
epialleles; epigenetics; memory; plants; transposons
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- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- European Research Council
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Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in patterns of gene expression that occur without alterations in DNA sequence. The epigenetic mechanisms involve covalent modifications of DNA and histones, which affect transcriptional activity of chromatin. Since chromatin states can be propagated through mitotic and meiotic divisions, epigenetic mechanisms are thought to provide heritable 'cellular memory'. Here, we review selected examples of epigenetic memory in plants and briefly discuss underlying mechanisms.
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