Extrachromosomal circular DNA: biogenesis, structure, functions and diseases

L Yang, R Jia, T Ge, S Ge, A Zhuang, P Chai… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA), ranging in size from tens to millions of base
pairs, is independent of conventional chromosomes. Recently, eccDNAs have been …

The dynamic interplay between ribosomal DNA and transposable elements: a perspective from genomics and cytogenetics

S Garcia, A Kovarik, S Maiwald, L Mann… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Although both are salient features of genomes, at first glance ribosomal DNAs and
transposable elements are genetic elements with not much in common: whereas ribosomal …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA and structural variants highlight genome instability in Arabidopsis epigenetic mutants

P Zhang, A Mbodj, A Soundiramourtty, C Llauro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abundant extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is associated with transposable
element (TE) activity. However, how the eccDNA compartment is controlled by epigenetic …

CReSIL: accurate identification of extrachromosomal circular DNA from long-read sequences

V Wanchai, P Jenjaroenpun… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) of chromosomal origin is found in many
eukaryotic species and cell types, including cancer, where eccDNAs with oncogenes drive …

Composition and Structure of Arabidopsis thaliana Extrachromosomal Circular DNAs Revealed by Nanopore Sequencing

P Merkulov, E Egorova, I Kirov - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNAs (eccDNAs) are enigmatic DNA molecules that have been
detected in a range of organisms. In plants, eccDNAs have various genomic origins and may …

Hybridization and diversity of aquatic macrophyte Sparganium L. (Typhaceae) as revealed by high-throughput nrDNA sequencing

EA Belyakov, YV Mikhaylova, EM Machs… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Sparganium is an emergent aquatic macrophyte widely spread in temperate and subtropical
zones. Taxa of this genus feature high phenotypic plasticity and can produce interspecific …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA as a vehicle to gene transfer in plants

L Pereira, LT Dunning - 2023 - academic.oup.com
News Adaptation to environmental change is necessary in all organisms, especially in
sessile organisms such as plants. Increased gene expression is one of the core stress …

[HTML][HTML] The power of “controllers”: Transposon-mediated duplicated genes evolve towards neofunctionalization

H Ma, M Wang, YE Zhang, S Tan - Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of the first transposon by Dr. Barbara McClintock, the prevalence and
diversity of transposable elements (TEs) have been gradually recognized. As fundamental …

Molecular Mimicry of Transposable Elements in Plants

J Chu, J Newman, J Cho - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA elements that are particularly abundant in the
plant genomes. They have long been considered as junk DNA; however, a growing body of …

Characterization, biogenesis model, and current bioinformatics of human extrachromosomal circular DNA

L Zhou, W Tang, B Ye, L Zou - Frontiers in Genetics, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Human extrachromosomal circular DNA, or eccDNA, has been the topic of extensive
investigation in the last decade due to its prominent regulatory role in the development of …