DNA methylation is reconfigured at the onset of reproduction in rice shoot apical meristem
- Asuka Higo
- Noriko Saihara
- Fumihito Miura
- Yoko Higashi
- Megumi Yamada
- Shojiro Tamaki
- Tasuku Ito
- Yoshiaki Tarutani
- Tomoaki Sakamoto
- Masayuki Fujiwara
- Tetsuya Kurata
- Yoichiro Fukao
- Satoru Moritoh
- Rie Terada
- Toshinori Kinoshita
- Takashi Ito
- Tetsuji Kakutani
- Ko Shimamoto
- Hiroyuki Tsuji
Publication date
August 2020
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Journal
Nature CommunicationsAbstract
The shoot apical meristem of flowering plants transitions from forming leaves to floral organs. Here Higo et al. show that DNA methylation of many transposons that are hypermethylated in gametes is established in the SAM before flowering, suggesting it protects against harmful transposition long before germ cell differentiation
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