Publications
All of Mary’s publications can be found on Google Scholar or Pub Med.
2024
2023
Hemenway EA, Gehring M. Epigenetic regulation during plant development and the capacity for epigenetic memory. Annu Rev Plant Biol: 74: 87-109.
2022
Povilus RA, Martin CA, Gehring M. Imprinting and DNA methylation in water lily endosperm: implications for seed evolution. bioRxiv 2024.03.15.585284; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.15.585284
Choi J, Gehring M. CRWN nuclear lamina components maintain the H3K27me3 landscape and promote successful reproduction in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 243: 213-228. See also bioRxiv.
Satyaki PRV, Gehring M. RNA Pol IV induces antagonistic parent-of-origin effects on Arabidopsis endosperm. PLoS Biol 20:e3001602. See also bioRxiv.
Williams BP, Bechen LL, Pohlmann DA, Gehring M. Somatic DNA demethylation generates tissue-specific methylation states and impacts flowering time. Plant Cell 34: 1189-1206. Read the accompanying highlight here. See also bioRxiv.
2021
Povilus RA, Gehring M. Maternal-filial transfer structures in endosperm: a nexus of nutritional dynamics and seed development. Curr Opin Plant Biol 65: 102121.
Picard CL, Povilus RA, Williams BP, Gehring M. Transcriptional and imprinting complexity in Arabidopsis seeds at single-nucleus resolution. Nat Plants 7: 730-738. Read the accompanying highlight here. See also bioRxiv.
2020
Williams BP, Gehring M. Principles of epigenetic homeostasis shared between flowering plants and mammals. Trends Genet. 36:751-763.
Povilus RA, DaCosta JM, Grassa C, Satyaki PRV, Moeglein M, Jaenisch J, Xi Z, Mathews S, Gehring M, Davis CC, Friedman WE. Water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) genome reveals variable genomic signature of ancient vascular cambium losses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117: 8649-8656. Read the accompanying highlight here. See also bioRxiv.
Picard CL, Gehring M. Identification and comparison of imprinted genes across plant species. Methods Mol Biol 2093: 173-201.
2019
Satyaki PRV, Gehring M. Paternally-acting canonical RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway genes sensitize Arabidopsis endosperm to paternal genome dosage. Plant Cell 31: 1564-1578.
Gehring M. Epigenetic dynamics during flowering plant reproduction: evidence for reprogramming? New Phytologist 224: 91-96.
Zheng XY, Gehring M. Low-input chromatin profiling in Arabidopsis endosperm using CUT&RUN. Plant Reprod 32: 63-75.
2018
Bourque G, Burns KH, Gehring M, Gorbunova V, Seluanov A, Hammell M, Imbeault M, Izsvak Z, Levin HL, Macfarlan TS, Mager DL, Feschotte C. Ten things you should know about transposable elements. Genome Biology 19: 199.
Pignatta D§, Novitzky K§, Satyaki PRV, Gehring M. A variably imprinted epiallele impacts seed development. PLOS Genetics 14: e1007469. §equal contribution
2017
Erdmann RM, Satyaki PRV, Klosinska M, Gehring M. A small RNA pathway mediates allelic dosage in endosperm. Cell Reports 21: 3364-3372. See also bioRxiv.
Williams BP, Gehring M. Stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance requires a DNA methylation-sensing circuit. Nat Commun 8: 2124.
Picard CL, Gehring M. Proximal methylation features associated with nonrandom changes in gene body methylation. Genome Biol 18: 73.
Satyaki PRV, Gehring M. DNA methylation and imprinting in plants: machinery and mechanisms. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 25: 1-13.
Gehring M, Satyaki PR. Endosperm and imprinting, inextricably linked. Plant Physiol 173: 143-154.
2016
Klosinska M§, Picard CL§, Gehring M. Conserved imprinting associated with unique epigenetic signatures in the Arabidopsis genus. Nat Plants 2: 16145. §equal contribution
2015
Williams BP, Pignatta D, Henikoff S, Gehring M. Methylation-sensitive expression of a DNA demethylase gene serves as an epigenetic rheostat. PLoS Genetics 11: e1005142. See also bioRxiv.
Pignatta D, Bell GW, Gehring M. Whole genome bisulfite sequencing and DNA methylation analysis from plant tissue. Bio-protocol 5: e1407.
Erdmann RM, Souza AL, Clish CB, Gehring M. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine is not present in appreciable quantities in Arabidopsis DNA. G3: Genes Genomes Genetics 5: 1-8.
2014
Pignatta D, Erdmann RM, Scheer E, Picard CL, Bell GW, Gehring M. Natural epigenetic polymorphisms lead to intraspecific variation in Arabidopsis gene imprinting. eLife 3: e03198.
2013
Waters AJ, Bilinski P, Eichten SR, Vaughn MW, Ross-Ibarra J, Gehring M, Springer NM. Comprehensive analysis of imprinted genes in maize endosperm reveals allelic variation for imprinting and limited conservation with other species. Proc Natl Acad Sci 110: 19639-19644.
Gehring M. Genomic imprinting: insights from plants. Annu Rev Genet 47: 187-208.
2012
Pignatta D, Gehring M. Imprinting meets genomics: new insights and new challenges. Curr Opin Plant Biol 15: 530-535.
2011
Waters AJ, Makarevitch I, Eichten SR, Swanson-Wagner RA, Yeh CT, Xu W, Schnable PS, Vaughn MW, Gehring M, Springer NM. Parent-of-origin effects on gene expression and DNA methylation in maize endosperm. Plant Cell 23: 4221-4233.
Gehring M§, Missirian V, Henikoff S. (2011) Genomic analysis of parent-of-origin allelic expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. PLoS One 6: e23687. §corresponding author
Mary’s PD/grad/UG
Gehring M, Bubb KL, Henikoff S. (2009) Extensive demethylation of repetitive elements during seed development underlies gene imprinting. Science 324: 1447-1451.
Gehring M, Reik W, Henikoff S. (2009) DNA demethylation by DNA repair. Trends Genet 25: 82-90.
Gehring M, Henikoff S. (2008) DNA methylation and demethylation in Arabidopsis. The Arabidopsis Book 6: e0102.
Gehring M, Henikoff S. (2007) DNA methylation dynamics in plant genomes. Biochim Biophys Acta 1769: 276-286.
Zilberman D, Gehring M, Tran RK, Ballinger T, Henikoff S. (2007) Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana DNA methylation uncovers an interdependence between methylation and transcription. Nat Genet 39: 61-69.
Gehring M§, Huh JH§, Hsieh TF, Penterman J, Choi Y, Harada JJ, Goldberg RB, Fischer RL. (2006) DEMETER DNA glycosylase establishes MEDEA Polycomb gene self-imprinting by allele-specific demethylation. Cell 124: 495-506. §equal contribution
Gehring M, Choi Y, Fischer RL. (2004) Imprinting and Seed Development. Plant Cell 16 (suppl): S203-S213.
Xiao W, Gehring M, Choi Y, Margossian L, Pu H, Harada JJ, Goldberg RB, Pennell RI, Fischer RL. (2003) Imprinting of the MEA Polycomb gene is controlled by antagonism between MET1 methyltransferase and DME glycosylase. Dev Cell 5: 891-901.
Choi Y, Gehring M, Johnson L, Hannon M, Harada JJ, Goldberg RB, Jacobsen SE, Fischer RL. (2002) DEMETER, a DNA glycosylase domain protein, is required for endosperm gene imprinting and seed viability in Arabidopsis. Cell 110: 33-42.
Laskowski MJ, Dreher KA, Gehring MA, Abel S, Gensler AL, Sussex IM. (2002) FQR1, a novel primary auxin-response gene, encodes a flavin mononucleotide-binding quinone reductase. Plant Physiol. 128: 578-590.