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through a methylation-dependent Received 8 November 2011; Revised 5 considered Accepted 8 February 2012 epigenetic mechanism. Here, the effects of Cd purchase BCTC treatment on the DNA methylation patten are examined together with its effect on chromatin reconfiguration in Posidonia oceanica. DNA methylation level and pattern were analysed in actively growing organs, under short- and long- term and low and high doses of Cd, Abstract through a Methylation-Sensitive Amplification Polymorphism technique and an immunocytological approach, Seed yield and oil content are two important of the CHROMOMETHYLASE breeding, and a lot of functional respectively. The expression of one member agricultural characteristics in oil cropfamily, a DNA methyltransferase, gene research is being concentrated on increasing these factors. In this study, by differential gene expression was also assessed by qRT-PCR. Nuclear chromatin ultrastructure was investigated by transmission electron analyses between rapeseed lines a DNA hypermethylation, as well as an up-regulation of CMT, indicating that de microscopy. Cd treatment induced which exhibit different levels of seed oil production, BnGRF2 was identified in the high oil-producing line zy036. To elucidate novo methylation did indeed occur. Moreover, a high dose of Cd led to a progressive heterochromatinization of the possible rolesand apoptotic figures were also observed after long-term treatment. The GRF2 gene were isolated. interphase nuclei of BnGRF2 in seed oil production, the cDNA sequences of the rapeseed data demonstrate that Cd The Blastn result showed that rapeseed contained BnGRF2a/2b which were located in the A genome are C genome, respectively, and the dominantly expressed balance of expressed/repressed chromatin. linked to nuclear chromatin reconfiguration likely to establish a new gene BnGRF2a was chosen for transgenic research. Analysis of 35S-BnGRF2a basis to the Arabidopsis underlying Cdoverexpressed BnGRF2a resulted in an Overall, the data show an epigenetic transgenic mechanism showed that toxicity in plants. increase in seed oil production of >50%. Moreover, BnGRF2a also induced a >20% enlargement in extended leaves and words: 5-Methylcytosine-antibody, cadmium-stress because chromatin reconfiguration, CHROMOMETHYLASE, Key >40% improvement in photosynthetic efficiency PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19811088 condition, of an increase in the chlorophyll content. Furthermore, transcriptome analyses indicated Amplification Polymorphism, Posidonia oceanica Delile. DNA-methylation, Methylation- Sensitivethat some genes associated with cell proliferation, photosynthesis, and oil synthesis were up-regulated, which revealed that cell number and plant photosynthesis contributed to the increased seed weight and oil content. Because of less efficient self-fertilization induced by the longer pistil in the 35S-BnGRF2a transgenic line, Napin-BnGRF2a transgenic lines were further used to identify the function of BnGRF2, and the results Introduction showed that seed oil production also could increase >40% compared with the wild-type control. The results suggest that improvement to economically important characteristics in oil crops may be achieved by In the Mediterranean coastal ecosystem, the endemic Although not essential for plant growth, in terrestrial manipulation of the GRF2 expression level. on oilseed crops focus on elevating seed weight and/or oil content. Seed weight, also characterized as seed mass or seed size generally, has been widely accepted as a c