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DNA methylation in the Alcohol dehydrogenase-1 gene of maize.

Plant molecular biology ·Vol. 15 ·No. 1 ·1990-07-00 ·Pages 121-5

Walbot V, Warren C

Abstract

Using a battery of methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes, cytosine methylation at 23 sites in a 7.6 kb region surrounding the Alcohol dehydrogenase-1 (Adh1) gene was measured in DNA prepared from immature maize cobs. Both the 5' upstream region and the entire coding region were hypomethylated in the two alleles examined. Methylation in Adh1 is independent of changes in Mutator transposable element methylation. The role of DNA methylation in Adh1 gene regulation is discussed.

MeSH Terms
Alcohol Dehydrogenase/genetics Alleles DNA/genetics,metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic Methylation Plants/genetics,metabolism Zea mays/genetics,metabolism
Chemicals
DNA Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Walbot V
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305-5020.
Warren C
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Article Info
Journal
Plant molecular biology
Abbr.
Plant Mol Biol
ISSN
0167-4412
DOI
10.1007/BF00017729
Published
1990-07-00
Pages
121-5
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
9106343
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM32422 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00017729 View journal details
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