DEMETER DNAグリコシラーゼは,アレル特異の脱メチル化により,MEDEAポリコンブ遺伝子の自己インプリントを確立する

Mary Gehring1, Jin Hoe Huh, Tzung-Fu Hsieh

  • 1Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

Cell
|February 14, 2006
PubMed
まとめ

アラビドプシス MEDEA (MEA) のインプリントは,DEMETER (DME) によって確立され,DNAメチル化を取り除き,母性アレルを活性化します. 父親の沈黙は,母親のMEAによって維持され,DNAメチル化によって維持されません.

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