Activation of a rice endogenous retrotransposon Tos17 in tissue culture is accompanied by cytosine demethylation and causes heritable alteration in methylation pattern of flanking genomic regions.

Liu, Z.-L., Han, F.-P., Tan, M., Shan, X.H., Dong, Y.-Z., Wang, X.Z., Fedak, G., Hao, S., and Liu, B. (2004). "Activation of a rice endogenous retrotransposon Tos17 in tissue culture is accompanied by cytosine demethylation and causes heritable alteration in methylation pattern of flanking genomic regions.", Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), 109(1), pp. 200-209.