Extensive de novo activity stabilizes epigenetic inheritance of CG methylation in Arabidopsis transposons
D.B. Lyons, A. Briffa, S. He, J. Choi, E. Hollwey, J. Colicchio, I. Anderson, X. Feng, M. Howard, D. Zilberman, Cell Reports 42 (2023).

Millennia-long epigenetic fluctuations generate intragenic DNA methylation variance in Arabidopsis populations
A. Briffa, E. Hollwey, Z. Shahzad, J.D. Moore, D.B. Lyons, M. Howard, D. Zilberman, Cell Systems 14 (2023) 953–967.

Concepts, mechanisms and implications of long-term epigenetic inheritance
E. Hollwey, A. Briffa, M. Howard, D. Zilberman, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 81 (2023).

Divergence among rice cultivars reveals roles for transposition and epimutation in ongoing evolution of genomic imprinting
J.A. Rodrigues, P.-H. Hsieh, D. Ruan, T. Nishimura, M.K. Sharma, R. Sharma, X. Ye, N.D. Nguyen, S. Nijjar, P.C. Ronald, R.L. Fischer, D. Zilberman, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (2021).

Histone  prevents non-CG methylation-mediated small RNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis heterochromatin
J. Choi, D.B. Lyons, D. Zilberman, ELife 10 (2021).

DNA methylation and histone  jointly repress transposable elements and aberrant intragenic transcripts
J. Choi, D.B. Lyons, M.Y. Kim, J.D. Moore, D. Zilberman, Molecular Cell 77 (2020) 310–323.e7.

DNA demethylation by ROa in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm
M.Y. Kim, A. Ono, S. Scholten, T. Kinoshita, D. Zilberman, T. Okamoto, R.L. Fischer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (2019) 9652–9657.

DNA methylation is maintained with high fidelity in the honey bee germline and exhibits global non-functional fluctuations during somatic development
K.D. Harris, J.P.B. Lloyd, K. Domb, D. Zilberman, A. Zemach, Epigenetics and Chromatin 12 (2019).

FACT complex is required for DNA demethylation at heterochromatin during reproduction in Arabidopsis
J.M. Frost, M.Y. Kim, G.T. Park, P.-H. Hsieh, M. Nakamura, S.J.H. Lin, H. Yoo, J. Choi, Y. Ikeda, T. Kinoshita, Y. Choi, D. Zilberman, R.L. Fischer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (2018) 20–29.

DDM1 and Lsh remodelers allow methylation of DNA wrapped in nucleosomes
D.B. Lyons, D. Zilberman, ELife 6 (2017).

An evolutionary case for functional gene body methylation in plants and animals
D. Zilberman, Genome Biology 18 (2017).

Mechanism for DNA transposons to generate introns on genomic scales
J.T. Huff, D. Zilberman, S.W. Roy, Nature 538 (2016) 533–536.

DNA demethylation is initiated in the central cells of Arabidopsis and rice
K. Park, M.Y. Kim, M. Vickers, J.-S. Park, Y. Hyun, T. Okamoto, D. Zilberman, R.L. Fischer, X. Feng, Y. Choi, S. Scholten, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (2016) 15138–15143.

Arabidopsis male sexual lineage exhibits more robust maintenance of CG methylation than somatic tissues
P.-H. Hsieh, S. He, T. Buttress, H. Gao, M. Couchman, R.L. Fischer, D. Zilberman, X. Feng, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (2016) 15132–15137.

Evolution and function of genomic imprinting in plants
J.A. Rodrigues, D. Zilberman, Genes and Development 29 (2015) 2517–2531.

DNA methylation as a system of plant genomic immunity
M.Y. Kim, D. Zilberman, Trends in Plant Science 19 (2014) 320–326.

Dnm-independent CG methylation contributes to nucleosome positioning in diverse eukaryotes
J.T. Huff, D. Zilberman, Cell 156 (2014) 1286–1297.

The AAA-ATPase molecular chaperone Cd/ disassembles sumoylated centromeres, decondenses heterochromatin, and activates ribosomal RNA genes
Z. Mérai, N. Chumak, M. García-Aguilar, T.-F. Hsieh, T. Nishimura, V.K. Schoft, J. Bindics, L. alusarz, S. Arnoux, S. Opravil, K. Mechtler, D. Zilberman, R.L. Fischer, H. Tamaru, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (2014) 16166–16171.

The Arabidopsis nucleosome remodeler DDM1 allows DNA methyltransferases to access -containing heterochromatin
A. Zemach, M.Y. Kim, P.-H. Hsieh, D. Coleman-Derr, L. Eshed-Williams, K. Thao, S.L. Harmer, D. Zilberman, Cell 153 (2013) 193–205.

Imprinted expression of genes and small RNA is associated with localized hypomethylation of the maternal genome in rice endosperm
J.A. Rodrigues, R. Ruan, T. Nishimura, M.K. Sharma, R. Sharma, P.C. Ronald, R.L. Fischer, D. Zilberman, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (2013) 7934–7939.

A conversation across generations: Soma-germ cell crosstalk in plants
X. Feng, D. Zilberman, H. Dickinson, Developmental Cell 24 (2013) 215–225.

Active DNA demethylation in plant companion cells reinforces transposon methylation in gametes
C.A. Ibarra, X. Feng, V.K. Schoft, T.-F. Hsieh, R. Uzawa, J.A. Rodrigues, A. Zemach, N. Chumak, A. Machlicova, T. Nishimura, D. Rojas, R.L. Fischer, H. Tamaru, D. Zilberman, Science 337 (2012) 1360–1364.

DNA methylation, A.Z, and the regulation of constitutive expression
D. Coleman-Derr, D. Zilberman, Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 77 (2012) 147–154.

EM and PR cooperate to repress key regulators of Arabidopsis development
S.Y. Kim, J. Lee, L. Eshed-Williams, D. Zilberman, Z.R. Sung, PLoS Genetics 8 (2012).

Deposition of histone variant A.Z within gene bodies regulates responsive genes
D. Coleman-Derr, D. Zilberman, PLoS Genetics 8 (2012).

Regulation of biological accuracy, precision, and memory by plant chromatin organization
J.T. Huff, D. Zilberman, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 22 (2012) 132–138.

Regulation of imprinted gene expression in Arabidopsis endosperm
T.-F. Hsieh, J. Shin, R. Uzawa, P. Silva, S. Cohen, M.J. Bauer, M. Hashimoto, R.C. Kirkbride, J.J. Harada, D. Zilberman, R.L. Fischer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (2011) 1755–1762.

Balancing parental contributions in plant embryonic gene activation
D. Zilberman, Balancing Parental Contributions in Plant Embryonic Gene Activation, Elsevier, 2011.

Local DNA hypomethylation activates genes in rice endosperm
A. Zemach, M.Y. Kim, P. Silva, J.A. Rodrigues, B. Dotson, M.D. Brooks, D. Zilberman, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2010) 18729–18734.

Evolution of eukaryotic DNA methylation and the pursuit of safer sex
A. Zemach, D. Zilberman, Current Biology 20 (2010) 0–5.

Genome-wide evolutionary analysis of eukaryotic DNA methylation
A. Zemach, I.E. McDaniel, P. Silva, D. Zilberman, Science 328 (2010) 916–919.

Genome-wide demethylation of Arabidopsis endosperm
T.-F. Hsieh, C.A. Ibarra, P. Silva, A. Zemach, L. Eshed-Williams, R.L. Fischer, D. Zilberman, Science 324 (2009) 1451–1454.

The evolving functions of DNA methylation
D. Zilberman, Current Opinion in Plant Biology 11 (2008) 554–559.

Histone A.Z and DNA methylation are mutually antagonistic chromatin marks
D. Zilberman, D. Coleman-Derr, T. Ballinger, S. Henikoff, Nature 456 (2008) 125–129.

DNA demethylation in the Arabidopsis genome
J. Penterman, D. Zilberman, J.H. Huh, T. Ballinger, S. Henikoff, R.L. Fischer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (2007) 6752–6757.

The human promoter methylome
D. Zilberman, The Human Promoter Methylome, Nature Publishing Group, 2007.

Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation patterns
D. Zilberman, S. Henikoff, Development 134 (2007) 3959–3965.

Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation uncovers an interdependence between methylation and transcription
D. Zilberman, M. Gehring, R.K. Tran, T. Ballinger, S. Henikoff, Nature Genetics 39 (2006) 61–69.

DNA methylation profiling identifies CG methylation clusters in Arabidopsis genes
R.K. Tran, J.G. Henikoff, D. Zilberman, R.F. Ditt, S.E. Jacobsen, S. Henikoff, Current Biology 15 (2005) 154–159.

Chromatin and siRNA pathways cooperate to maintain DNA methylation of small transposable elements in Arabidopsis
R.K. Tran, D. Zilberman, C. de Bustos, R.F. Ditt, J.G. Henikoff, A.M. Lindroth, J. Delrow, T. Boyle, S. Kwong, T.D. Bryson, S.E. Jacobsen, S. Henikoff, Genome Biology 6 (2005).

Epigenetic inheritance in Arabidopsis: Selective silence
D. Zilberman, S. Henikoff, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 15 (2005) 557–562.

Role of Arabidopsis ARGONAUT in RNA-directed DNA methylation triggered by inverted repeats
D. Zilberman, X. Cao, L.K. Johansen, Z. Xie, J.C. Carrington, S.E. Jacobsen, Current Biology 14 (2004) 1214–1220.

Genetic and functional diversification of small RNA pathways in plants
Z. Xie, L.K. Johansen, A.M. Gustafson, K.D. Kasschau, A.D. Lellis, D. Zilberman, S.E. Jacobsen, J.C. Carrington, PLoS Biology 2 (2004) 0642–0652.

Silencing of transposons in plant genomes: kick them when they're down
D. Zilberman, S. Henikoff, Genome Biology 5 (2004).

RNA silencing genes control de novo DNA methylation
S.W.-L. Chan, D. Zilberman,  Zhixin Xie,  Lisa K. Johansen, J.C. Carrington, S.E. Jacobsen, Science 303 (2004) 1336.

Role of the DRM and CM methyltransferases in RNA-directed DNA methylation
X. Cao, W. Aufsatz, D. Zilberman, M.F. Mette, M.S. Huang, M. Matzke, S.E. Jacobsen, Current Biology 13 (2003) 2212–2217.

ARGONAUT control of locus-specific siRNA accumulation and DNA and histone methylation
D. Zilberman,  Xiaofeng Cao, S.E. Jacobsen, Science 299 (2003) 716–719.

Requirement of CHROMOMETHYLAS for maintenance of CpXpG methylation
A.M. Lindroth, X. Cao, J.P. Jackson, D. Zilberman, C.M. McCallum, S. Henikoff, S.E. Jacobsen, Science 292 (2001) 2077–2080.