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_id: '9519'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Transposons are selfish genetic sequences that can increase their copy number
    and inflict substantial damage on their hosts. To combat these genomic parasites,
    plants have evolved multiple pathways to identify and silence transposons by methylating
    their DNA. Plants have also evolved mechanisms to limit the collateral damage
    from the antitransposon machinery. In this review, we examine recent developments
    that have elucidated many of the molecular workings of these pathways. We also
    highlight the evidence that the methylation and demethylation pathways interact,
    indicating that plants have a highly sophisticated, integrated system of transposon
    defense that has an important role in the regulation of gene expression.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: review
author:
- first_name: M. Yvonne
  full_name: Kim, M. Yvonne
  last_name: Kim
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Zilberman, Daniel
  id: 6973db13-dd5f-11ea-814e-b3e5455e9ed1
  last_name: Zilberman
  orcid: 0000-0002-0123-8649
citation:
  ama: Kim MY, Zilberman D. DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic immunity.
    <i>Trends in Plant Science</i>. 2014;19(5):320-326. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014">10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014</a>
  apa: Kim, M. Y., &#38; Zilberman, D. (2014). DNA methylation as a system of plant
    genomic immunity. <i>Trends in Plant Science</i>. Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014</a>
  chicago: Kim, M. Yvonne, and Daniel Zilberman. “DNA Methylation as a System of Plant
    Genomic Immunity.” <i>Trends in Plant Science</i>. Elsevier, 2014. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014</a>.
  ieee: M. Y. Kim and D. Zilberman, “DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic
    immunity,” <i>Trends in Plant Science</i>, vol. 19, no. 5. Elsevier, pp. 320–326,
    2014.
  ista: Kim MY, Zilberman D. 2014. DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic immunity.
    Trends in Plant Science. 19(5), 320–326.
  mla: Kim, M. Yvonne, and Daniel Zilberman. “DNA Methylation as a System of Plant
    Genomic Immunity.” <i>Trends in Plant Science</i>, vol. 19, no. 5, Elsevier, 2014,
    pp. 320–26, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014">10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014</a>.
  short: M.Y. Kim, D. Zilberman, Trends in Plant Science 19 (2014) 320–326.
date_created: 2021-06-07T14:38:09Z
date_published: 2014-05-04T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2021-12-14T08:24:48Z
day: '04'
department:
- _id: DaZi
doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.014
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '24618094 '
intvolume: '        19'
issue: '5'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '05'
oa_version: None
page: 320-326
pmid: 1
publication: Trends in Plant Science
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1878-4372
  issn:
  - 1360-1385
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic immunity
type: journal_article
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year: '2014'
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