Control of transposon activity by a histone H3K4 demethylase in rice

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 110; no. 5; pp. 1953 - 1958
• Main Authors: Cui, Xiekui, Jin, Ping, Cui, Xia, Gu, Lianfeng, Lu, Zhike, Xue, Yongming, Wei, Liya, Qi, Jianfei, Song, Xianwei, Luo, Ming, An, Gynheung, Cao, Xiaofeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 29.01.2013; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Biological Sciences; Cells, Cultured; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA Methylation; DNA Transposable Elements - genetics; Epigenetics; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Gene Expression Profiling; genes; Genetic transposition; Genomes; Genomics; Histone Demethylases - genetics; Histone Demethylases - metabolism; Histones; Histones - metabolism; Karma; Long Interspersed Nucleotide Elements - genetics; Luminescent Proteins - genetics; Luminescent Proteins - metabolism; Lysine - metabolism; Methylation; Models, Genetic; mutagenicity; Mutation; Nicotiana - cytology; Nicotiana - genetics; Nicotiana - metabolism; nuclear genome; Oryza - enzymology; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - metabolism; Phenotype; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plants, Genetically Modified; Proteins; Retrotransposons; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rice; rice protein; RNA Interference; transcription (genetics); transposition (genetics); Transposons

Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitously present in plant genomes and often account for significant fractions of the nuclear DNA. For example, roughly 40% of the rice genome consists of TEs, many of which are retrotransposons, including 14% LTR- and ∼1% non-LTR retrotransposons. Despite their wi...