Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2002 Jul;10(1):5-7.
doi: 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00582-8.

DEMETER, Goddess of the harvest, activates maternal MEDEA to produce the perfect seed

Hugh Dickinson  1 , Rod Scott
Affiliations
Free article

DEMETER, Goddess of the harvest, activates maternal MEDEA to produce the perfect seed

Hugh Dickinson et al. Mol Cell. 2002 Jul.
Free article

Abstract

Parental imprinting regulates processes as diverse as mammalian development and seed size in crop plants. In Arabidopsis, the DNA glycosylase DEMETER regulates early seed development, through activation of the maternal copy of the imprinted MEDEA Polycomb gene. Paternal silencing of MEA appears to be a default condition.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

  • Imprinting and seed development.
    Gehring M, Choi Y, Fischer RL. Gehring M, et al. Plant Cell. 2004;16 Suppl(Suppl):S203-13. doi: 10.1105/tpc.017988. Epub 2004 Mar 9. Plant Cell. 2004. PMID: 15010515 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.
  • Genomic imprinting and endosperm development in flowering plants.
    Vinkenoog R, Bushell C, Spielman M, Adams S, Dickinson HG, Scott RJ. Vinkenoog R, et al. Mol Biotechnol. 2003 Oct;25(2):149-84. doi: 10.1385/MB:25:2:149. Mol Biotechnol. 2003. PMID: 14526125 Review.

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources