Epigenetic regulation during plant development and the capacity for epigenetic memory

EA Hemenway, M Gehring - Annual review of plant biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The establishment, maintenance, and removal of epigenetic modifications provide an
additional layer of regulation, beyond genetically encoded factors, by which plants can …

Specificities and dynamics of transposable elements in land plants

C Mhiri, F Borges, MA Grandbastien - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Transposable elements are dynamic components of plant genomes, and
display a high diversity of lineages and distribution as the result of evolutionary driving …

m6A RNA demethylase AtALKBH9B promotes mobilization of a heat-activated long terminal repeat retrotransposon in Arabidopsis

W Fan, L Wang, Z Lei, H Li, J Chu, M Yan, Y Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Transposons are mobile and ubiquitous DNA molecules that can cause vast genomic
alterations. In plants, it is well documented that transposon mobilization is strongly …

Retrotransposons: How the continuous evolutionary front shapes plant genomes for response to heat stress

PK Papolu, M Ramakrishnan, S Mullasseri… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long terminal repeat retrotransposons (LTR retrotransposons) are the most abundant group
of mobile genetic elements in eukaryotic genomes and are essential in organizing genomic …

Epigenetic marks for mitigating abiotic stresses in plants

S Ali, N Khan, Y Tang - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abiotic stressors are one of the major factors affecting agricultural output. Plants have
evolved adaptive systems to respond appropriately to various environmental cues. These …

Population genomics and epigenomics of Spirodela polyrhiza provide insights into the evolution of facultative asexuality

Y Wang, P Duchen, A Chávez, KS Sree… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Many plants are facultatively asexual, balancing short-term benefits with long-term costs of
asexuality. During range expansion, natural selection likely influences the genetic controls …

Abiotic stress-induced DNA methylation in transposable elements and their transcripts reveals a multi-layered response in Moso bamboo

Y Ding, LH Zou, M Ramakrishnan, Y Chen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigated the stress-induced epigenetic changes of transposable elements
(TEs), TE-derived long non-coding RNAs (TE-lncRNAs), and TE-derived circular RNA (TE …

Regulatory mechanism of a heat-activated retrotransposon by DDR complex in Arabidopsis thaliana

X Niu, L Chen, A Kato, H Ito - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway plays an essential role in the
transposon silencing mechanism; the DDR complex, consisting of DRD1, DMS3, and RDM1 …

Substrate specificity and protein stability drive the divergence of plant-specific DNA methyltransferases

J Jiang, J Gwee, J Fang, SM Leichter, D Sanders… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism essential for transposon silencing
and genome integrity. Across evolution, the substrates of DNA methylation have diversified …

Structure and mechanism of plant DNA methyltransferases

SM Leichter, J Du, X Zhong - DNA Methyltransferases-Role and Function, 2022 - Springer
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark conserved in eukaryotes from fungi to
animals and plants, where it plays a crucial role in regulating gene expression and …