Metazoan promoters: emerging characteristics and insights into transcriptional regulation

B Lenhard, A Sandelin, P Carninci - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Promoters are crucial for gene regulation. They vary greatly in terms of associated regulatory
elements, sequence motifs, the choice of transcription start sites and other features. Several …

Transposable element influences on gene expression in plants

CD Hirsch, NM Springer - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a major portion of many plant genomes and bursts
of TE movements cause novel genomic variation within species. In order to maintain proper …

Regulation of plant translation by upstream open reading frames

AG Von Arnim, Q Jia, JN Vaughn - Plant Science, 2014 - Elsevier
We review the evidence that upstream open reading frames (uORFs) function as RNA
sequence elements for post-transcriptional control of gene expression, specifically …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of cytoplasmic mRNA translation

KS Browning, J Bailey-Serres - The Arabidopsis book/American …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein synthesis is a fundamental process in gene expression that depends upon the
abundance and accessibility of the mRNA transcript as well as the activity of many protein …

ANGUSTIFOLIA3 Binds to SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes to Regulate Transcription during Arabidopsis Leaf Development

L Vercruyssen, A Verkest, N Gonzalez… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The transcriptional coactivator ANGUSTIFOLIA3 (AN3) stimulates cell proliferation during
Arabidopsis thaliana leaf development, but the molecular mechanism is largely unknown …

Nascent RNA sequencing reveals distinct features in plant transcription

J Hetzel, SH Duttke, C Benner… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Transcriptional regulation of gene expression is a major mechanism used by plants to confer
phenotypic plasticity, and yet compared with other eukaryotes or bacteria, little is known …

LEAFY target genes reveal floral regulatory logic, cis motifs, and a link to biotic stimulus response

CM Winter, RS Austin, S Blanvillain-Baufumé… - Developmental cell, 2011 - cell.com
The transition from vegetative growth to flower formation is critical for the survival of
flowering plants. The plant-specific transcription factor LEAFY (LFY) has central …

Genomics and bioinformatics resources for crop improvement

K Mochida, K Shinozaki - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Recent remarkable innovations in platforms for omics-based research and application
development provide crucial resources to promote research in model and applied plant …

TSSPlant: a new tool for prediction of plant Pol II promoters

IA Shahmuradov, RK Umarov… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Our current knowledge of eukaryotic promoters indicates their complex architecture that is
often composed of numerous functional motifs. Most of known promoters include multiple …

Transcripts from downstream alternative transcription start sites evade uORF-mediated inhibition of gene expression in Arabidopsis

Y Kurihara, Y Makita, M Kawashima… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Plants adapt to alterations in light conditions by controlling their gene expression profiles.
Expression of light-inducible genes is transcriptionally induced by transcription factors such …