TY - JOUR AU - Yadav, Narendra Singh AU - Khadka, Janardan AU - Domb, Katherine AU - Zemach, Assaf AU - Grafi, Gideon PY - 2018 DA - 2018/11/16 TI - CMT3 and SUVH4/KYP silence the exonic Evelknievel retroelement to allow for reconstitution of CMT1 mRNA JO - Epigenetics & Chromatin SP - 69 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The Chromomethylase 1 (CMT1) has long been considered a nonessential gene because, in certain Arabidopsis ecotypes, the CMT1 gene is disrupted by the Evelknievel (EK) retroelement, inserted within exon 13, or contains frameshift mutations, resulting in a truncated, non-functional protein. In contrast to other transposable elements, no transcriptional activation of EK was observed under stress conditions (e.g., protoplasting). SN - 1756-8935 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-018-0240-y DO - 10.1186/s13072-018-0240-y ID - Yadav2018 ER -