Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for regulating epigenetic inheritance in a plant and the plant thereby are provided to regulate epigenetic inheritance by controlling histone assembly. CONSTITUTION: A method for regulating epigenetic inheritance in a plant by controlling histone assembly during DNA replication in the plant comprises the steps of: transforming plant cells with a recombinant vector containing Arabidopsis thaliana-incurvata2 (ICU2) gene; and regulating the expression of ICU2 gene. ICU2 gene has a base sequence of sequence number 1. A method for producing a transgenic plant with regulated epigenetic inheritance comprises: transforming the plant cells with the recombinant vector and regulating the expression of ICU gene; and redifferentiating plants from the transformed plant cells.