Plant cells accumulate small RNA molecules that regulate plant development, genome
stability, and environmental responses. These small RNAs fall into three major classes …

Since the discovery of eukaryotic small RNAs as the main effectors of RNA interference in
the late 1990s, diverse types of endogenous small RNAs have been characterized, most …

DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification that is important for gene regulation
and genome stability. Aberrant patterns of DNA methylation can lead to plant developmental …

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

INTRODUCTION Epigenetic modifications to chromatin, such as the methylation of DNA
cytosines, carry regulatory information across the generations in plants and animals …

Cytosine DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark that is crucial for diverse biological
processes, including gene and transposon silencing, imprinting and X chromosome …

Small RNAs directly or indirectly impact nearly every biological process in eukaryotic cells.
To perform their myriad roles, not only must precise small RNA species be generated, but …

We identify a cytochrome P450 gene (CYP6AE14) from cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa
armigera), which permits this herbivore to tolerate otherwise inhibitory concentrations of the …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in diverse biological processes.
In plants, DNA methylation can be established through the RNA-directed DNA methylation …

Small RNAs of 20–30 nucleotides guide regulatory processes at the DNA or RNA level in a
wide range of eukaryotic organisms. Many, although not all, small RNAs are processed from …