DNA methylation in theAlcohol dehydrogenase-1gene of maize

✍ Scribed by Virginia Walbot; Christine Warren

• Book ID: 104614371
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 910 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-4412
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00017729

✦ Synopsis

Using a battery of methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes, cytosine methylation at 23 sites in a 7.6 kb region surrounding the Alcohol dehydrogenase-1 (Adhl) gene was measured in DNA prepared from immature maize cobs. Both the 5' upstream region and the entire coding region were hypomethylated in the two alleles examined. Methylation in Adhl is independent of changes in Mutator transposable element methylation. The role of DNA methylation in Adhl gene regulation is discussed.