R2 retrotransposons are used to integrate DNA into plant and crop 25S ribosomal DNA sites.

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To celebrate the journal’s 25th anniversary, we asked 13 researchers to offer a glimpse of what their research field might look like in 2050. They consider how technological breakthroughs — for example, artificial intelligence-powered virtual cells — could transform our understanding of how molecules, organelles and cells behave in different contexts, revolutionize therapies and enable the design of resilient crops.

Bacterial chemotaxis is an important behavior to study to understand spatial segregation of species in mixed communities and the assembly of host microbiomes. This is particularly relevant in the rhiz...

Transient gene expression in intact plants is essential for rapidly addressing biological questions, where the current toolkit can be improved for higher efficiencies and broader plant species range. ...

Precise, targeted insertion of multi-kilobase DNA sequences is critical for studying gene function, ensuring robust transgene expression, and stacking traits in crops, but remains difficult to achieve...

Efficient delivery of functional proteins into plant cells remains a major barrier in plant biotechnology. Extracellular contractile injection systems (eCISs) are phage tail-like nanomachines evolved ...

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