How Histone H2A Variants Shape Plant Epigenomes (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

How Histone H2A Variants Shape Plant Epigenomes

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Researchers reveal that histone variant H2A.W promotes DNA methylation at transposons, facilitating their inactivation, whereas H2A.Z suppresses DNA methylation and is enriched in gene regions.

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Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan

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