Pathways to meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis thaliana

K Osman, JD Higgins, E Sanchez‐Moran… - New …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Meiosis is a central feature of sexual reproduction. Studies in plants have made and
continue to make an important contribution to fundamental research aimed at the …

Roles of plant retinoblastoma protein: cell cycle and beyond

B Desvoyes, C Gutierrez - The EMBO Journal, 2020 - embopress.org
The human retinoblastoma (RB 1) protein is a tumor suppressor that negatively regulates
cell cycle progression through its interaction with members of the E2F/DP family of …

Spatiotemporal asymmetry of the meiotic program underlies the predominantly distal distribution of meiotic crossovers in barley

JD Higgins, RM Perry, A Barakate, L Ramsay… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Meiosis involves reciprocal exchange of genetic information between homologous
chromosomes to generate new allelic combinations. In cereals, the distribution of genetic …

Genetic framework of cyclin-dependent kinase function in Arabidopsis

MK Nowack, H Harashima, N Dissmeyer, D Bouyer… - Developmental cell, 2012 - cell.com
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are at the heart of eukaryotic cell-cycle control. The yeast
Cdc2/CDC28 PSTAIRE kinase and its orthologs such as the mammalian Cdk1 have been …

Inter-Homolog Crossing-Over and Synapsis in Arabidopsis Meiosis Are Dependent on the Chromosome Axis Protein AtASY3

M Ferdous, JD Higgins, K Osman, C Lambing… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In this study we have analysed AtASY3, a coiled-coil domain protein that is required for
normal meiosis in Arabidopsis. Analysis of an Atasy3-1 mutant reveals that loss of the …

The evolution and functional divergence of the histone H2B family in plants

D Jiang, M Borg, ZJ Lorković, SA Montgomery… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Chromatin regulation of eukaryotic genomes depends on the formation of nucleosome
complexes between histone proteins and DNA. Histone variants, which are diversified by …

Arabidopsis E2FA stimulates proliferation and endocycle separately through RBR‐bound and RBR‐free complexes

Z Magyar, B Horvath, S Khan, B Mohammed… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Post‐embryonic growth in plants depends on the continuous supply of undifferentiated cells
within meristems. Proliferating cells maintain their competence for division by active …

Arabidopsis RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED directly regulates DNA damage responses through functions beyond cell cycle control

BM Horvath, H Kourova, S Nagy, E Nemeth… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
The rapidly proliferating cells in plant meristems must be protected from genome damage.
Here, we show that the regulatory role of the Arabidopsis RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED …

RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED1 mediates germline entry in Arabidopsis

XA Zhao, J Bramsiepe, M Van Durme, S Komaki… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Seeds of flowering plants have evolved to typically carry only a single
embryo next to a nourishing tissue, the endosperm that functions analogously to the human …

Reproductive multitasking: the female gametophyte

F Hater, T Nakel, R Groß-Hardt - Annual Review of Plant …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Fertilization of flowering plants requires the organization of complex tasks, many of which
become integrated by the female gametophyte (FG). The FG is a few-celled haploid structure …