Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on March 01, 2010

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Julie A Law1, Steven E Jacobsen

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1: Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California-Los Angeles, 90095-1606, USA.

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The de novo cytosine methyltransferase DRM2 requires intact UBA domains and a catalytically mutated paralog DRM3 during RNA-directed DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.12

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Histone methyltransferases regulating rRNA gene dose and dosage control in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev (2012) 0.99

The splicing factor SR45 affects the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway in Arabidopsis. Epigenetics (2012) 0.96

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