@article{68064402ff6a470d90efce27ba222614,
title = "Dominance relationships between self-incompatibility alleles controlled by DNA methylation",
abstract = "In crucifers, the pollen S-determinant gene, SP11, is sporophytically expressed in the anther tapetum, and the pollen self-incompatibility phenotype is determined by the dominance relationships between the two S-haplotypes it carries. We report here that 5′ promoter sequences of recessive SP11 alleles are specifically methylated in the tapetum before the initiation of SP11 transcription. These results suggest that tissue-specific monoallelic de novo DNA methylation is involved in determining the dominance interactions that determine the cruciferous self-incompatibility phenotype.",
author = "Hiroshi Shiba and Tomohiro Kakizaki and Megumi Iwano and Yoshiaki Tarutani and Masao Watanabe and Akira Isogai and Seiji Takayama",
note = "Funding Information: We thank J.R. Ecker and B.D. Gregory for critical comments and discussion. We thank H. Ichikawa, T. Ohnishi, N. Wada, T. Ueda, K. Iwasaki, H. Sugita, E. Okamoto and H. Sato for technical assistance. This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Japan Society for Promotion of Science, and the 21st Century COE programs at Nara Institute of Science and Technology and at Iwate University.",
year = "2006",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1038/ng1734",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "297--299",
journal = "Nature Genetics",
issn = "1061-4036",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "3",
}