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

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

Plants, being sessile organisms, need to respond to changing environments, and as a result
they have evolved unique signalling mechanisms that allow rapid communication between …

Transcriptional regulation of gene expression relies on the recognition of promoter elements
by transcription factors. In the past several years, a considerable number of (putative) …

Regulation of gene expression via specific cis-regulatory promoter elements has evolved in
cellular organisms as a major adaptive mechanism to respond to environmental change …

Unlike animals, plants produce new organs throughout their life cycle using pools of stem
cells that are organized in meristems. Although many key regulators of meristem and organ …

Background Robustness to genetic and environmental perturbation is a salient feature of
multicellular organisms. Loss of developmental robustness can lead to severe phenotypic …

Epigenetics refers to the study of heritable changes in gene expression or cellular
phenotype without changes in DNA sequence. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is …

The modern or neo-Darwinian theory of evolution was formulated well over half a century
ago at a time when genes were abstractions and development was understood only as the …

Epigenetic variations are involved in the control of plant developmental processes and
participate in shaping phenotypic plasticity to the environment. Intense breeding has eroded …