Small RNAs: how seeds remember to obey their mother

Nathan M Springer

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.049

Small RNAs: how seeds remember to obey their mother

Curr Biol. 2009 Aug 11;19(15):R649-51. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.049.

Author

Nathan M Springer¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plant Biology, 250 Biological Sciences Center, 1445 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. springer@umn.edu

PMID: 19674547
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.049

Abstract

The endosperm is one of two products from the double fertilization event that occurs during sexual reproduction in flowering plants. A series of recent reports highlights the unusual genetic regulatory mechanisms that occur in endosperm and suggests a role for transposon regulation in imprinting.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

DNA Methylation
DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
DNA Transposable Elements / physiology*
Endosperm / metabolism
Endosperm / physiology*
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / physiology*
Genomic Imprinting / physiology*
Magnoliopsida / physiology*
Models, Genetic
RNA, Small Interfering / genetics

Substances

DNA Transposable Elements
RNA, Small Interfering