Sunlight provides the necessary energy for plant growth via photosynthesis but high light
and particular its integral ultraviolet (UV) part causes stress potentially leading to serious …

As sessile organisms, plants face versatile environmental challenges and require proper
responses at multiple levels for survival. Epigenetic modification of DNA and histones is a …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic gene regulatory mechanism conserved in
eukaryotes. Emerging evidence shows DNA methylation alterations in response to …

Integrity of the germline genome is essential for the production of viable gametes and
successful reproduction. In mammals, the generation of gametes involves extensive …

Plants contain three distinct DNA methyltransferase types that are responsible for the
establishment and maintenance of cytosine methylation patterns at heterochromatic and …

Background Recent developments in genomic sequencing have advanced our
understanding of the mutations underlying human malignancy. Melanoma is a prototype of …

A distinguishing feature of transposable elements (TEs) is their propensity to induce
mutations. Among the most mutagenic of all TEs are the Mutator elements of maize. Lines …

Maize is a typical plant with respect to the proportion of its genome that is composed of
transposable elements (TEs), but it is unusual in the number of well-characterized active TEs …

Microalgal domestication is an expanding research field that aims to multiply and accelerate
the potential of microalgae for various biotechnological purposes. We investigated the …

Abstract ANTI-SILENCING FUNCTION1 (ASF1) isa key histone H3/H4 chaperone that
participates in a variety of DNA-and chromatin-related processes, including DNA repair …