The identification and characterization of cis-regulatory DNA sequences and how they
function to coordinate responses to developmental and environmental cues is of paramount …

cis-Regulatory elements encode the genomic blueprints that ensure the proper
spatiotemporal patterning of gene expression necessary for appropriate development and …

Chromatin accessibility and modification is a hallmark of regulatory DNA, the study of which
led to the discovery of cis-regulatory elements (CREs). Here, we characterize chromatin …

Despite the central importance of noncoding DNA to gene regulation and evolution,
understanding of the extent of selection on plant noncoding DNA remains limited compared …

Technological advances in plant genetics integrated with systems biology and
bioinformatics has yielded a myriad of novel biological data and insights into plant …

Genetic mapping studies on crops suggest that agronomic traits can be controlled by gene–
distal intergenic loci. Despite the biological importance and the potential agronomic utility of …

Plant cell signaling pathways are in part dependent on transcriptional regulatory networks
comprising circuits of transcription factors (TFs) and regulatory DNA elements that control …

Domestication of wild plant species has provided us with crops that serve our human
nutritional needs. Advanced DNA sequencing has propelled the unveiling of underlying …

In plants, duplication of individual genes, long chromosomal regions, and complete
genomes provides a major source for evolutionary innovation. We investigated two different …

The sequence elements that mediate post-transcriptional gene regulation often reside in the
5′ and 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of mRNAs. Using six different families of …