Tissues harbor memories of inflammation, which heighten sensitivity to diverse future assaults. Whether and how these adaptations are sustained through time and cell division remain poorly understood. We show that in mice, epidermal stem cells store ...

Targeted DNA methylation editing is critical for establishing the causal relationship between DNA methylation and its function as well as for epigenetic crop breeding. Here, the authors develop a CRIS...

While most evolutionary research has focused on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), transposable elements (TEs) represent a major but understudied source of mutations that can influence organismal...

Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...

DNA methylation loss at transposable elements (TEs) can affect neighboring genes and be epigenetically inherited in plants, yet the determinants and significance of this additional system of inheritan...

This study shows that epigenetic gene body DNA methylation regulates transcription and accounts for much of its variance in the Arabidopsis population, efficiently identifies genes regulating diverse ...

Epigenetic reprogramming is increasingly recognised as a driver of plant immune memory, yet its molecular basis remains poorly understood. Using a chemically inducible transgene in Arabidopsis, we tra...

Background The movement of transposable elements (TEs) in somatic cells generates genetic and phenotypic diversity across the soma of individual organisms. This process is especially important in plan...

New research led by Prof Jurriaan Ton aims to uncover how plants adapt and survive in challenging environments with the ultimate goal to create more resilient crops.

This study reports that herbivory-induced volatiles can trigger plant–soil feedbacks that boost performance and yields of cereals in the field.

Global N4 cytosine methylation in Marchantia polymorpha sperm regulates gene expression and promotes sperm fertility.

The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana hosts diverse microbial communities collectively known as the microbiota. The plant microbiota is generally taxonomically structured. Some of the members can promo...

The authors demonstrate that salt stress activates CDK8, which phosphorylates AHL10 and promotes its degradation. AHL10 is involved in recruiting SUVH2/9 to repress salt-responsive genes. The CDK8-AHL...

H3K4me3 is a fundamental and highly conserved chromatin mark across eukaryotes, playing a central role in many genome-related processes, including transcription, maintenance of cell identity, DNA dama...

This study revealed that targeting H3K4me3 via the H3K4 methyltransferase SDG2 activates gene expression and removes DNA methylation by recruiting DNA demethylases. Conversely, the removal of H3K4me3 ...

An Arabidopsis long terminal repeat retrotransposon integrates de novo into regions occupied by centromere-specific histone variant, showing the impact of centromeric chromatin on transposable element...

Here, the authors show that an inverted-repeat transposon located next to the pattern recognition receptor ELONGATION FACTOR-TU RECEPTOR (EFR)-encoding gene in Arabidopsis controls chromatin organizat...

PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme - EpiPlasticity: exploring the ecological and evolutionary significance of epigenetic defence plasticity at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com

This study reports the discovery of a retrotransposon insertion in the FLC gene conferring an environmentally dependent control mechanism mediated by DNA methylation that drives the adaptation of natu...