During the past decade, small non-coding RNAs have rapidly emerged as important
contributors to gene regulation. To carry out their biological functions, these small RNAs …

The formation of heterochromatin, which requires methylation of histone H3 at lysine 9 and
the subsequent recruitment of chromodomain proteins such as heterochromatin protein …

Posttranslational histone modifications are important for gene regulation, yet the mode of
propagation and the contribution to heritable gene expression states remains controversial …

TERMINAL FLOWER 2/LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1 (TFL2/LHP1) is the only
Arabidopsis protein with overall sequence similarity to the HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN …

Fungal secondary metabolites are important bioactive compounds but the conditions
leading to expression of most of the putative secondary metabolism (SM) genes predicted by …

Plant pathogens secrete an arsenal of small secreted proteins (SSPs) acting as effectors that
modulate host immunity to facilitate infection. SSP-encoding genes are often located in …

Mammalian euchromatic gene silencing results from the combined repressive effects of
histone and DNA methyltransferases. Little is known of the mechanism by which these …

Epigenetic processes are the main conductors of phenotypic variation in eukaryotes. The
malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum employs antigenic variation of the major surface …

The interface between cellular systems involving small noncoding RNAs and epigenetic
change remains largely unexplored in metazoans. RNA-induced silencing systems have the …

Abstract Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) has an essential role in heterochromatin formation
and mitotic progression through its interaction with various proteins. We have identified a …