Understanding genome organization and gene regulation requires insight into RNA
transcription, processing and modification. We adapted nanopore direct RNA sequencing to …

Salt stress triggers the overdose accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in crop
plants, leading to severe oxidative damage to living tissues. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) act as …

Gene regulation via N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in mRNA involves RNA-binding proteins
that recognize m6A via a YT521-B homology (YTH) domain. The plant YTH domain proteins …

Transcription start site (TSS) selection influences transcript stability and translation as well
as protein sequence. Alternative TSS usage is pervasive in organismal development, is a …

Alternation between morphologically distinct haploid and diploid life forms is a defining
feature of most plant and algal life cycles, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms that …

Plants produce small RNAs that accomplish a surprisingly versatile number of functions. The
heterogeneity of functions of plant small RNAs is evident at the tissue-specific level. In …

Background Eukaryotic genomes are partitioned into euchromatic and heterochromatic
domains to regulate gene expression and other fundamental cellular processes. However …

Key message Arabidopsis embryos possess unique transcriptomes relative to other plant
tissues including somatic embryos, and can be partitioned into four transcriptional phases …

Noncoding polymorphism frequently associates with phenotypic variation, but causation and
mechanism are rarely established. Noncoding single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) …

Genes involved in disease resistance are some of the fastest evolving and most diverse
components of genomes. Large numbers of nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) …