The expanding world of small RNAs in plants

F Borges, RA Martienssen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Plant genomes encode various small RNAs that function in distinct, yet overlap**, genetic
and epigenetic silencing pathways. However, the abundance and diversity of small-RNA …

Classification and comparison of small RNAs from plants

MJ Axtell - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Regulatory small RNAs, which range in size from 20 to 24 nucleotides, are ubiquitous
components of endogenous plant transcriptomes, as well as common responses to …

Loss of Karma transposon methylation underlies the mantled somaclonal variant of oil palm

M Ong-Abdullah, JM Ordway, N Jiang, SE Ooi, SY Kok… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Somaclonal variation arises in plants and animals when differentiated somatic cells are
induced into a pluripotent state, but the resulting clones differ from each other and from their …

Epigenetic reprogramming and small RNA silencing of transposable elements in pollen

RK Slotkin, M Vaughn, F Borges, M Tanurdžić… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
The mutagenic activity of transposable elements (TEs) is suppressed by epigenetic silencing
and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), especially in gametes that could transmit transposed …

Somatic embryogenesis—stress-induced remodeling of plant cell fate

A Fehér - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2015 - Elsevier
Plants as sessile organisms have remarkable developmental plasticity ensuring heir
continuous adaptation to the environment. An extreme example is somatic embryogenesis …

Somaclonal variations and their applications in horticultural crops improvement

H Krishna, M Alizadeh, D Singh, U Singh, N Chauhan… - 3 Biotech, 2016 - Springer
The advancements made in tissue culture techniques has made it possible to regenerate
various horticultural species in vitro as micropropagation protocols for commercial scale …

Integrative epigenomic map** defines four main chromatin states in Arabidopsis

F Roudier, I Ahmed, C Bérard, A Sarazin… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
Post‐translational modification of histones and DNA methylation are important components
of chromatin‐level control of genome activity in eukaryotes. However, principles governing …

Cellular, molecular, and physiological aspects of in vitro plant regeneration

SS Bidabadi, SM Jain - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants generally have the highest regenerative ability because they show a high degree of
developmental plasticity. Although the basic principles of plant regeneration date back many …

Somaclonal variation—Advantage or disadvantage in micropropagation of the medicinal plants

G Duta-Cornescu, N Constantin, DM Pojoga… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cell and tissue plant cultures are used either to save vulnerable species from extinction or to
multiply valuable genotypes, or both, and are widely applied for economically important …

Exploiting induced and natural epigenetic variation for crop improvement

NM Springer, RJ Schmitz - Nature reviews genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Plant breeding has traditionally relied on combining the genetic diversity present within a
species to develop combinations of alleles that provide desired traits. Epigenetic diversity …