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. 1991 Oct;229(3):365-72.
doi: 10.1007/BF00267457.

Reactivation of a silent Ac following tissue culture is associated with heritable alterations in its methylation pattern

R I Brettell  1 , E S Dennis
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Reactivation of a silent Ac following tissue culture is associated with heritable alterations in its methylation pattern

R I Brettell et al. Mol Gen Genet. 1991 Oct.

Abstract

Tissue cultures were initiated from embryos with an inactive form of Ac in the wx-m9 Ds-cy allele. Plants regenerated from the cultures showed a high frequency of activation of Ac. That activation was shown to be associated with reduced methylation of cytosine residues at the 5' end of the transposable element. An examination of Ac activity and methylation status of the Ac element in progenies of the regenerant plants demonstrated transmission of the altered epigenotype through two sexual generations. In these progenies no evidence for trans activation of inactive, partially methylated, Ac elements was obtained. These results confirm that in certain instances altered methylation patterns can be inherited through the germ line.

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