GeneticsThe Plant CellPeer-reviewed
The maize gene maternal derepression of r1 (mdr1) encodes a DNA glycosylase that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in endosperm
Jonathan Isaiah Gent, Kaitlin Higgins, Kyle W Swentowsky…·Sarah N. Anderson
This paper identifies MDR1 as a DNA glycosylase in maize that demethylates DNA and reduces siRNA expression in endosperm, challenging the role of demethylation in transposon repression and genomic imprinting.
30 citations