| Literature DB >> 23072987 |
Abstract
Two recent studies in Arabidopsis implicated MORC proteins, which contain a GHKL ATPase domain, in transcriptional gene silencing. Here, these studies are compared and contrasted to discuss the roles of MORC proteins in epigenetic regulation. Although MORC proteins are likely to catalyze changes in chromatin structure in response to epigenetic signals, their precise mode of action and target site-specificity still remain unclear.Entities:
Keywords: Arabidopsis; DNA methylation; GHKL ATPase; H3K27 monomethylation (H3K27me); MORC; RNA directed DNA methylation; histone modification
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23072987 PMCID: PMC3578893 DOI: 10.4161/psb.22460
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Signal Behav ISSN: 1559-2316