Reinders J., Mirouze Marie, Nicolet J., Paszkowski J. (2013). Parent-of-origin control of transgenerational retrotransposon proliferation in Arabidopsis. Embo Reports, 14 (9), p. 823-828. ISSN 1469-221X.
Titre du document
Parent-of-origin control of transgenerational retrotransposon proliferation in Arabidopsis
Reinders J., Mirouze Marie, Nicolet J., Paszkowski J.
Source
Embo Reports, 2013,
14 (9), p. 823-828 ISSN 1469-221X
Retrotransposons are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements constituting a major part of eukaryotic genomes. Yet, monitoring retrotransposition and subsequent copy number increases in multicellular eukaryotes is intrinsically difficult. By following the transgenerational accumulation of a newly activated retrotran-sposon EVADE (EVD) in Arabidopsis, we noticed fast expansion of activated elements transmitted through the paternal germ line but suppression when EVD-active copies are maternally inherited. This parent-of-origin effect on EVD proliferation was still observed when gametophytes carried mutations for key epigenetic regulators previously shown to restrict EVD mobility. Therefore, the main mechanism preventing active EVD proliferation seems to act through epigenetic control in sporophytic tissues in the mother plant. In consequence, once activated, this retrotransposon proliferates in plant populations owing to suppressed epigenetic control during paternal transmission. This parental gateway might contribute to the occasional bursts of retrotransposon mobilization deduced from the genome sequences of many plant species.
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Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020]
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Sciences du monde végétal [076]
