DNA methyltransferase CHROMOMETHYLASE3 prevents ONSEN transposon silencing under heat stress
Abstract
DNA methylation plays crucial roles in transposon silencing and genome integrity. CHROMOMETHYLASE3 (CMT3) is a plant-specific DNA methyltransferase responsible for catalyzing DNA methylation at the CHG (H = A, T, C) context. Here, we identified a positive role of CMT3 in heat-induced activation of retrotransposon ONSEN. We found that ……
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Article Information:
Nozawa K, Chen J, Jiang J, Leichter SM, Yamada M, Suzuki T, et al. (2021) DNA methyltransferase CHROMOMETHYLASE3 prevents ONSEN transposon silencing under heat stress. PLoS Genet 17(8): e1009710.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009710
