Plant mitochondria have a complex and peculiar genetic system. They have the largest
genomes, as compared to organelles from other eukaryotic organisms. These can expand …

DNA damage is induced by many factors, some of which naturally occur in the environment.
Because of their sessile nature, plants are especially exposed to unfavorable conditions …

Mitochondrial and plastid genomes in land plants exhibit some of the slowest rates of
sequence evolution observed in any eukaryotic genome, suggesting an exceptional ability …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/associated protein
9 system (Cas9) has been used at length to optimize multiple aspects of germplasm …

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 …

The genome integrity of all organisms is constantly threatened by replication errors and DNA
damage arising from endogenous and exogenous sources. Such base pair anomalies must …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark established by the combined actions of
methylation and demethylation reactions. Plants use a base excision repair pathway for …

Plants orchestrate various DNA damage responses (DDRs) to overcome the deleterious
impacts of genotoxic agents on genetic materials. Ionizing radiation (IR) is widely used as a …

Crop productivity is strictly related to genome stability, an essential requisite for optimal plant
growth/development. Genotoxic agents (eg, chemical agents, radiations) can cause both …

Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites are one of the most abundant DNA lesions and are mainly
repaired by AP endonucleases (APEs). While most eukaryotic genomes encode two APEs …