Plant BiologybioRxiv
An siRNA-guided Argonaute protein directs RNA Polymerase V to initiate DNA methylation
M. J. Sigman, K. Panda, R. Kirchner…·A. D. McCue
The paper shows that siRNA-guided ARGONAUTE proteins recruit RNA Polymerase V to initiate DNA methylation without preexisting methylation, challenging previous models of RdDM initiation.
DOI 10.1038/s41477-021-01008-7