Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic units able to move within the genome of virtually
all organisms. Due to their natural repetitive numbers and their high structural diversity, the …

The stress that the space environment can induce on plant physiology is of both abiotic and
biotic nature. The abiotic space environment is characterized by ionizing radiation and …

About 6% of the total land area in the world and 20% of the irrigated land is suffering from
salt stress. Egypt is one of the countries that suffer from salt stress problems. The aim of this …

Cultivated olive, a typical fruit crop species of the semi-arid regions, could successfully face
the new scenarios driven by the climate change through the selection of tolerant varieties to …

Drought is one of most important limiting factors in wheat productivity worldwide. The need
to increase drought tolerance during anthesis is of the utmost importance for high yield …

Prions are often considered as molecular memory devices, generating reproducible memory
of a conformational change. Prion-like proteins (PrLPs) have been widely demonstrated to …

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a kind of abiotic stresses that causes several damages on plants. In
this study, Al-induced DNA damages, DNA methylation alterations and long terminal repeat …

Chromatin modulation plays important roles in gene expression regulation and genome
activities. In plants, epigenetic changes, including variations in histone modification and …

Wheat is an important cereal crop, and its significance is more due to compete for dietary
products in the world. Many constraints facing by the wheat crop due to environmental …

Key message We briefly discuss that the similarity of LTR retrotransposons to retroviruses is
a great opportunity for the development of a genetic engineering tool that exploits intragenic …