Plant development processes are regulated by epigenetic alterations that shape nuclear
structure, gene expression, and phenotypic plasticity; these alterations can provide the plant …

Transposable elements (TEs) spread in genomes through self-copying mechanisms and are
a major cause of genome expansions. Plant pathogens have finely tuned the expression of …

With> 7000 species the order of rust fungi has a disproportionately large impact on
agriculture, horticulture, forestry and foreign ecosystems. The infectious spores are typically …

Plant pathogens secrete effector proteins to support host colonization through a wide range
of molecular mechanisms, while plant immune systems evolved receptors to recognize …

Through the association of protein complexes to DNA, the eukaryotic nuclear genome is
broadly organized into open euchromatin that is accessible for enzymes acting on DNA and …

Retroviruses and closely related LTR retrotransposons export full-length, unspliced genomic
RNA (gRNA) for packaging into virions and to serve as the mRNA encoding GAG and POL …

Fungal species have the capability of producing an overwhelming diversity of bioactive
substances that can have beneficial but also detrimental effects on human health. These so …

Deletions, duplications, insertions, inversions and translocations are commonly referred to
as structural variants (SVs). Fungal plant pathogens have compact genomes, facilitating the …

Plants are engaged in a coevolutionary arms race with their pathogens that drives rapid
diversification and specialization of genes involved in resistance and virulence. However …

Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences capable of changing position in
host genomes, thereby causing mutations. TE insertions typically have deleterious effects …