Epigenetic modifications in DNA bases and histone proteins play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression and genome stability. Chemical modification of DNA base …

Histone methylation plays a fundamental role in regulating diverse developmental
processes and is also involved in silencing repetitive sequences in order to maintain …

Pre-exposure to stress may alter plants' subsequent responses by producing faster and/or
stronger reactions implying that plants exercise a form of'stress memory'. The mechanisms of …

Background Metal homeostasis is critical for plant growth, development and adaptation to
environmental stresses and largely governed by a variety of metal transporters. The plant …

Sodium transporters play key roles in plant tolerance to salt stress. Here, we report that a
member of the High-Affinity K+ Transporter (HKT) family, OsHKT1; 1, in rice (Oryza sativa …

Retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that populate chromosomes, where the host
largely controls their activities,,. In plants and mammals, retrotransposons are …

Background Heavy metal toxicity has become a major threat to sustainable crop production
worldwide. Thus, considerable interest has been placed on deciphering the mechanisms …

Histone lysines can be mono-, di-, or trimethylated, providing an ample magnitude of
epigenetic information for transcription regulation. In fungi, SET2 is the sole …

Transposable elements (TEs) and repetitive sequences make up over 35% of the rice (Oryza
sativa) genome. The host regulates the activity of different TEs by different epigenetic …

Emerging evidence suggests that the molecular mechanisms driving the responses of plants
to environmental stresses are associated with specific chromatin modifications. Here, we …