Background PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) has been found in the nuclei of yeast,
plant and animal cells that undergo cell division, suggesting a function in cell cycle …

Base excision repair (BER) is a critical genome defense pathway that deals with a broad
range of non-voluminous DNA lesions induced by endogenous or exogenous genotoxic …

Genome topology is tied to R-loop formation and genome stability. However, the regulatory
mechanism remains to be elucidated. By establishing a system to sense the connections …

Defining the contributions and interactions of paternal and maternal genomes during
embryo development is critical to understand the fundamental processes involved in hybrid …

Whether deposited maternal products are important during early seed development in
flowering plants remains controversial. Here, we show that RNA interference–mediated …

Abstract ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3 (ABI3), FUSCA3 (FUS3) and LEAFY
COTYLEDON2 (LEC2), collectively the AFL, are master regulators of seed maturation …

Background Somatic embryogenesis (SE) in plants is a process by which embryos are
generated directly from somatic cells, rather than from the fused products of male and female …

Core DNA replication proteins mediate the initiation, elongation, and Okazaki fragment
maturation functions of DNA replication. Although this process is generally conserved in …

The primary role of DNA polymerases is to accurately and efficiently replicate the genome to
ensure the maintenance of the genetic information and its faithful transmission through …

Heterochromatin is essential for genomic integrity and stability in eukaryotes. The
mechanisms that regulate meiotic heterochromatin formation remain largely undefined …