As obligate phototrophs, plants harness energy from sunlight to split water, producing
oxygen and reducing power. This lifestyle exposes plants to particularly high levels of …

Being sessile, plants are continuously exposed to DNA‐damaging agents present in the
environment such as ultraviolet (UV) and ionizing radiations (IR). Sunlight acts as an energy …

DNA damage caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species is one of the primary causes
of DNA decay in most organisms. In plants, endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) are …

Plant cells are constantly exposed to environmental agents and endogenous processes that
inflict damage to DNA and cause genotoxic stress, which can reduce plant genome stability …

Plants are affected by various environmental stresses which they cannot avoid by moving.
DNA in plants is continuously damaged by the ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in sunlight (Figure …

Recent reports have underlined the potential of gamma (γ)‐rays as tools for seed priming, a
process used in seed industry to increase seed vigor and to enhance plant tolerance to …

Many biological databases that provide comparative genomics information and tools are
now available on the internet. While certainly quite useful, to our knowledge none of the …

To deal with different kinds of DNA damages, there are a number of repair pathways that
must be carefully orchestrated to guarantee genomic stability. Many proteins that play a role …

In eukaryotes, general transcription factors (GTFs) enable recruitment of RNA polymerase II
(RNA Pol II) to core promoters to facilitate initiation of transcription. Extensive research in …

Increased incident ultraviolet (UV) radiation due to ozone depletion has heightened interest
in plant responses to UV because solar UV wavelengths can reduce plant genome stability …