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Yirui Sun

University of GeorgiaORCID 0000-0001-6931-8496Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1

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Jonathan Isaiah GentiD· 2 shared Chiragh Dewan· 1 shared Dong won Kim· 1 shared R. Kelly DaweiD· 1 shared Yibing ZengiD· 1 shared

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GeneticsbioRxivPreprintOct 6, 2026

Maternal repression of imprinted genes in endosperm by gene body demethylation

Chiragh Dewan, Yirui Sun, Jonathan Isaiah Gent

The paper shows that maternal removal of gene body methylation drives imprinting of PEGs in maize, with implications for gene regulation in rice but not Arabidopsis.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.29.755427

zebrafishArabidopsis

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 26, 2025

A switch from TE-like heterochromatin to euchromatin underlies activation of protein storage genes in maize endosperm

Yirui Sun, Yibing Zeng, Dong won Kim…·Jonathan Isaiah Gent

The paper identifies TE-like methylated genes in maize endosperm that are demethylated and highly expressed, revealing a switch from heterochromatin to euchromatin that activates protein storage genes.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.26.678861

plant (other)DNA methylation

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