Plant genomes are littered with transposable elements (TEs). Because TEs are potentially
highly mutagenic, host organisms have evolved a set of defense mechanisms to recognize …

Background Although spatial organization of compartments and topologically associating
domains at large scale is relatively well studied, the spatial organization of regulatory …

Dynamic DNA methylation regulatory networks are involved in many biological processes.
However, how DNA methylation patterns change during flower senescence and their …

Flowering plants exhibit unique DNA methylation dynamics during development. Particular
attention can be focused on seed development and the embryo, which represents the …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are understudied and underannotated in plants. In
mammals, lncRNA loci are nearly as ubiquitous as protein-coding genes, and their …

Dimethylated histone H3 Lys9 (H3K9me2) is a conserved heterochromatic mark catalyzed
by SUPPRESSOR OF VARIEGATION 3-9 HOMOLOG (SUVH) methyltransferases in plants …

DNA methylation affects agronomic traits and the environmental adaptability of crops, but the
natural polymorphisms in DNA methylation–related genes and their contributions to …

Unstable transcripts have emerged as markers of active enhancers in vertebrates and
shown to be involved in many cellular processes and medical disorders. However, their …

Polyploids are common and have a wide geographical distribution and environmental
adaptability. Allopolyploidy may lead to the activation of transposable elements (TE) …

Arabidopsis thaliana is an important model organism in plant biology and genetics. The
genome of Arabidopsis ecotype Columbia-0 has been sequenced and completely …