Auxin, one of the first identified and most widely studied phytohormones, has been and will
remain a hot topic in plant biology. After more than a century of passionate exploration, the …

Mitochondria play key roles in activating apoptosis in mammalian cells. Bcl-2 family
members regulate the release of proteins from the space between the mitochondrial inner …

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant immune response to pathogen attack. Recent
evidence suggests that plant immunity involves regulation by chromatin remodeling and …

In recent years enormous progress has been made in understanding the role of epigenetic
regulation response to environmental stimuli, especially in response to stresses. Molecular …

Histone methylation plays a fundamental role in regulating diverse developmental
processes and is also involved in silencing repetitive sequences in order to maintain …

Active DNA demethylation is involved in many vital developmental and physiological
processes of plants and animals. Recent genetic and biochemical studies in Arabidopsis …

DNA methylation is antagonistically controlled by DNA methyltransferases and DNA
demethylases. The level of DNA methylation controls plant gene expression on a global …

Background In arid and semi-arid environments, drought and soil salinity usually occur at
the beginning and end of a plant's life cycle, offering a natural opportunity for the priming of …

Plants, as sessile organisms, need to sense and adapt to heterogeneous environments and
have developed sophisticated responses by changing their cellular physiology, gene …

Plants have a profound capacity to regenerate organs from differentiated somatic tissues,
based on which propagating plants in vitro was made possible. Beside its use in …