Recent advances in genome engineering provide newfound control over a plant's genetic
material. It is now possible for most bench scientists to alter DNA in living plant cells in a …

After the elucidation of the sequence of the yeast genome a major effort was started to
elucidate the biological function of all open reading frames of this organisms by targeted …

Epigenetic states and certain environmental responses in mammals and seed plants can
persist in the next sexual generation. These transgenerational effects have potential …

Owing to their sessile nature, plants are constantly exposed to a multitude of environmental
stresses to which they react with a battery of responses. The result is plant tolerance to …

Genomic double-strand breaks (DSBs) are key intermediates in recombination reactions of
living organisms. We studied the repair of genomic DSBs by homologous sequences in …

Homologous recombination offers great promise for plant genome engineering. This
promise has not been realized, however, because when DNA enters plant cells homologous …

Long-term depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer contributes to an increase in terrestrial
solar ultraviolet-B radiation,,. This has deleterious effects on living organisms, such as DNA …

To analyze genomic changes resulting from double‐strand break (DSB) repair, transgenic
tobacco plants were obtained that carried in their genome a restriction site of the rare cutting …

Geminiviruses have spread worldwide and have become increasingly important in crop
plants during recent decades. Recombination among geminiviruses was one major source …

Cell cycle arrest is an active response to stresses that enables organisms to survive under
fluctuating environmental conditions. While signalling pathways that inhibit cell cycle …