Cytosine methylation at CG sites(mCG)plays critical roles in development,epigenetic inheritance,and genome stability in mammals and plants.In the dicot mode
Epigenetics refer to heritable changes (during mitosis and meiosis) of genome function that occur without a change in DNA sequence.The advantage of chromatin-ba
The nucleus is a structurally and functionally complicated organelle containing various subnuclear compartments to precisely regulate various biological process
Epigenetic gene regulation has been reported to control many plant growth and developmental processes.Here,we show two examples about how epigenetic regulation
Transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) play important roles in regulating transposon,chromosomal repeats,transgenes as well as protein-coding genes during plant g
Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) is an integral part of the ER quality control system that removes toxic misfolded proteins via ubiquitin-pro
Tri-methylated H3 lysine 4(H3K4me3)is associated with transcriptionally active genes,but its function in the transcription process is still unclear.Point mu