DNA replication begins with the assembly of pre-replication complexes (pre-RCs) at
thousands of DNA replication origins during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. At the G1–S …

Most histones are assembled into nucleosomes behind the replication fork to package newly
synthesized DNA. By contrast, histone variants, which are encoded by separate genes, are …

The draft genome of the moss model, Physcomitrella patens, comprised approximately 2000
unordered scaffolds. In order to enable analyses of genome structure and evolution we …

Sperm chromatin is typically transformed by protamines into a compact and transcriptionally
inactive state,. Sperm cells of flowering plants lack protamines, yet they have small …

How different intrinsic sequence variations and regulatory modifications of histones combine
in nucleosomes remain unclear. To test the importance of histone variants in the …

Somatic embryogenesis is a form of induced plant cell totipotency where embryos develop
from somatic or vegetative cells in the absence of fertilization. Somatic embryogenesis can …

Histone variants play crucial roles in gene expression, genome integrity, and chromosome
segregation. We report that the four H2A variants in Arabidopsis define different genomic …

The spatial arrangement of interphase chromosomes in the nucleus is important for gene
expression and genome function in animals and in plants. The recently developed Hi-C …

Chromatin is of major relevance for gene expression, cell division, and differentiation. Here,
we determined the landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana chromatin states using 16 features …

The ability of plants to cope with abiotic environmental stresses such as drought, salinity,
heat, cold or flooding relies on flexible mechanisms for re-programming gene expression …