Small RNAs regulate a wide variety of biological processes by repressing the expression of
target genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. To achieve these …

RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is the major small RNA-mediated epigenetic
pathway in plants. RdDM requires a specialized transcriptional machinery that comprises …

RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a biological process in which non-coding RNA
molecules direct the addition of DNA methylation to specific DNA sequences. The RdDM …

The family Geminiviridae is one of the largest and most important families of plant viruses.
The small, single-stranded DNA genomes of geminiviruses encode 5–7 proteins that …

Transposable elements (TEs) have long been known to be major contributors to plant
evolution, adaptation and crop domestication. Stress-induced TE mobilization is of particular …

Small RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) has been extensively studied in plants,
resulting in a deep understanding of a major 'canonical RdDM'mechanism. However, current …

The origin of RNA interference (RNAi), the cell sentinel system widely shared among
eukaryotes that recognizes RNAs and specifically degrades or prevents their translation in …

The phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) which involves sequence-specific gene
regulation by small non-coding RNAs, ie, small interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA …

Quantifying the impact of heritable epigenetic variation on complex traits is an emerging
challenge in population genetics. Here, we analyze a population of isogenic Arabidopsis …

Adaptive antiviral immunity in plants is an RNA-based mechanism in which small RNAs
derived from both strands of the viral RNA are guides for an Argonaute (AGO) nuclease. The …