Epigenetic reprogramming in plant sexual reproduction

Molecular Mechanism of Action of Plant DRM De Novo DNA Methyltransferases

(2014) Xuehua Zhong et al.   CELL

RNA-directed DNA methylation: an epigenetic pathway of increasing complexity

(2014) Marjori A. Matzke et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Central Cell-Derived Peptides Regulate Early Embryo Patterning in Flowering Plants

(2014) L. M. Costa et al.   SCIENCE

Genomic Imprinting: Insights From Plants

(2013) Mary Gehring   Annual Review of Genetics

The Arabidopsis Nucleosome Remodeler DDM1 Allows DNA Methyltransferases to Access H1-Containing Heterochromatin

(2013) Assaf Zemach et al.   CELL

Comprehensive Analysis of Silencing Mutants Reveals Complex Regulation of the Arabidopsis Methylome

(2013) Hume Stroud et al.   CELL

Plasmodesmata: intercellular tunnels facilitating transport of macromolecules in plants

(2013) Friedrich Kragler   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Artificial microRNAs reveal cell-specific differences in small RNA activity in pollen

(2013) Robert Grant-Downton et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Chromatin reprogramming during the somatic-to-reproductive cell fate transition in plants

(2013) Wenjing She et al.   DEVELOPMENT

ZHOUPI controls embryonic cuticle formation via a signalling pathway involving the subtilisin protease ABNORMAL LEAF-SHAPE1 and the receptor kinases GASSHO1 and GASSHO2

(2013) Q. Xing et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Polymerase IV occupancy at RNA-directed DNA methylation sites requires SHH1

(2013) Julie A. Law et al.   NATURE

Reconstructing de novo silencing of an active plant retrotransposon

(2013) Arturo Marí-Ordóñez et al.   NATURE GENETICS

RNA interference in the nucleus: roles for small RNAs in transcription, epigenetics and beyond

(2013) Stephane E. Castel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Genomic and epigenetic insights into the molecular bases of heterosis

(2013) Z. Jeffrey Chen   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Non-CG methylation patterns shape the epigenetic landscape in Arabidopsis

(2013) Hume Stroud et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Epigenetic programming and reprogramming during development

(2013) Irene Cantone et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transcriptome Analysis of Developing Ovules in Rice Isolated by Laser Microdissection

(2013) Takahiko Kubo et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The Initiation of Epigenetic Silencing of Active Transposable Elements Is Triggered by RDR6 and 21-22 Nucleotide Small Interfering RNAs

(2013) S. Nuthikattu et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Imprinted expression of genes and small RNA is associated with localized hypomethylation of the maternal genome in rice endosperm

(2013) J. A. Rodrigues et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comprehensive developmental profiles of gene activity in regions and subregions of the Arabidopsis seed

(2013) M. F. Belmonte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Developmental roles of histone H3 variants and their chaperones

(2013) Dan Filipescu et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Transcriptomics approaches in the early Arabidopsis embryo

(2013) Joakim Palovaara et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Drosophila Yemanuclein and HIRA Cooperate for De Novo Assembly of H3.3-Containing Nucleosomes in the Male Pronucleus

(2013) Guillermo A. Orsi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Early Embryogenesis in Flowering Plants: Setting Up the Basic Body Pattern

(2012) Steffen Lau et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Dual Binding of Chromomethylase Domains to H3K9me2-Containing Nucleosomes Directs DNA Methylation in Plants

(2012) Jiamu Du et al.   CELL

Dynamics and Memory of Heterochromatin in Living Cells

(2012) Nathaniel A. Hathaway et al.   CELL

Reprogramming of DNA Methylation in Pollen Guides Epigenetic Inheritance via Small RNA

(2012) Joseph P. Calarco et al.   CELL

Putting CENP-A in its place

(2012) Madison E. Stellfox et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

DNA Methylation Dynamics during Sexual Reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2012) Pauline E. Jullien et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Developmental relaxation of transposable element silencing in plants: functional or byproduct?

(2012) Germán Martínez et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Epigenetic variation: origin and transgenerational inheritance

(2012) Claude Becker et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Somatic small RNA pathways promote the mitotic events of megagametogenesis during female reproductive development in Arabidopsis

(2012) M. R. Tucker et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Biology of PIWI-interacting RNAs: new insights into biogenesis and function inside and outside of germlines

(2012) H. Ishizu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Tinkering with meiosis

(2012) Wayne Crismani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Higher Plants

(2012) Hai-Ping Xin et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Maternal and paternal genomes contribute equally to the transcriptome of early plant embryos

(2012) Michael D. Nodine et al.   NATURE

Histone methylation: a dynamic mark in health, disease and inheritance

(2012) Eric L. Greer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Endosperm: food for humankind and fodder for scientific discoveries

(2012) Jing Li et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Reprogramming DNA methylation in the mammalian life cycle: building and breaking epigenetic barriers

(2012) S. Seisenberger et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Active DNA Demethylation in Plant Companion Cells Reinforces Transposon Methylation in Gametes

(2012) C. A. Ibarra et al.   SCIENCE

Germline Specification and Function in Plants

(2011) Frédéric Berger et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in plants

(2011) Marie-Theres Hauser et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Meiosis-specific gene discovery in plants: RNA-Seq applied to isolated Arabidopsis male meiocytes

(2011) Changbin Chen et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Maternal Epigenetic Pathways Control Parental Contributions to Arabidopsis Early Embryogenesis

(2011) Daphné Autran et al.   CELL

Mobile 24 nt Small RNAs Direct Transcriptional Gene Silencing in the Root Meristems of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Charles W. Melnyk et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

HMG Domain Containing SSRP1 Is Required for DNA Demethylation and Genomic Imprinting in Arabidopsis

(2011) Yoko Ikeda et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cytoplasmic connection of sperm cells to the pollen vegetative cell nucleus: potential roles of the male germ unit revisited

(2011) A. D. McCue et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

MicroRNA activity in the Arabidopsis male germline

(2011) Filipe Borges et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

RNAi promotes heterochromatic silencing through replication-coupled release of RNA Pol II

(2011) Mikel Zaratiegui et al.   NATURE

An siRNA pathway prevents transgenerational retrotransposition in plants subjected to stress

(2011) Hidetaka Ito et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous epigenetic variation in the Arabidopsis thaliana methylome

(2011) Claude Becker et al.   NATURE

Heterochromatin boundaries are hotspots for de novo kinetochore formation

(2011) Agata M. Olszak et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Multisubunit RNA polymerases IV and V: purveyors of non-coding RNA for plant gene silencing

(2011) Jeremy R. Haag et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Epigenetic reprogramming in the germline: towards the ground state of the epigenome

(2011) P. Hajkova   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Production of Viable Gametes without Meiosis in Maize Deficient for an ARGONAUTE Protein

(2011) Manjit Singh et al.   PLANT CELL

Molecular Foundations of Reproductive Lethality in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Rosanna Muralla et al.   PLoS One

Function of the DEMETER DNA glycosylase in the Arabidopsis thaliana male gametophyte

(2011) V. K. Schoft et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transgenerational Epigenetic Instability Is a Source of Novel Methylation Variants

(2011) R. J. Schmitz et al.   SCIENCE

De novo DNA methylation: a germ cell perspective

(2011) Sébastien A. Smallwood et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Transcriptome Analysis of the Arabidopsis Megaspore Mother Cell Uncovers the Importance of RNA Helicases for Plant Germline Development

(2011) Anja Schmidt et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

SHH1, a Homeodomain Protein Required for DNA Methylation, As Well As RDR2, RDM4, and Chromatin Remodeling Factors, Associate with RNA Polymerase IV

(2011) Julie A. Law et al.   PLoS Genetics

Dynamic Replacement of Histone H3 Variants Reprograms Epigenetic Marks in Early Mouse Embryos

(2011) Tomohiko Akiyama et al.   PLoS Genetics

High-Resolution Analysis of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Arabidopsis Endosperm

(2011) Philip Wolff et al.   PLoS Genetics

Green love talks; cell–cell communication during double fertilization in flowering plants

(2011) Tomokazu Kawashima et al.   AoB Plants

Arabidopsis Female Gametophyte Gene Expression Map Reveals Similarities between Plant and Animal Gametes

(2010) Samuel E. Wuest et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Zygotic Resetting of the HISTONE 3 Variant Repertoire Participates in Epigenetic Reprogramming in Arabidopsis

(2010) Mathieu Ingouff et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Sperm entry is sufficient to trigger division of the central cell but the paternal genome is required for endosperm development in Arabidopsis

(2010) S. J. Aw et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Histone Variants in Metazoan Development

(2010) Laura A. Banaszynski et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Epigenetic Transitions in Germ Cell Development and Meiosis

(2010) Satya K. Kota et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Unreduced gamete formation in plants: mechanisms and prospects

(2010) L. Brownfield et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

CENP-B preserves genome integrity at replication forks paused by retrotransposon LTR

(2010) Mikel Zaratiegui et al.   NATURE

Control of female gamete formation by a small RNA pathway in Arabidopsis

(2010) Vianey Olmedo-Monfil et al.   NATURE

Heterochromatin formation in the mouse embryo requires critical residues of the histone variant H3.3

(2010) Angèle Santenard et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals

(2010) Julie A. Law et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The transcriptome landscape of Arabidopsis male meiocytes from high-throughput sequencing: the complexity and evolution of the meiotic process

(2010) Hongxing Yang et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Small RNA Duplexes Function as Mobile Silencing Signals Between Plant Cells

(2010) P. Dunoyer et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

(2010) A. Zemach et al.   SCIENCE

Small Silencing RNAs in Plants Are Mobile and Direct Epigenetic Modification in Recipient Cells

(2010) A. Molnar et al.   SCIENCE

Male gametogenesis and germline specification in flowering plants

(2010) David Twell   SEXUAL PLANT REPRODUCTION

Epigenetic Reprogramming and Small RNA Silencing of Transposable Elements in Pollen

(2009) R. Keith Slotkin et al.   CELL

Histone3 variants in plants

(2009) Mathieu Ingouff et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Regulation of stem cell maintenance by the Polycomb protein FIE has been conserved during land plant evolution

(2009) A. Mosquna et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The maternal-to-zygotic transition: a play in two acts

(2009) W. Tadros et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Induction of RNA-directed DNA methylation upon decondensation of constitutive heterochromatin

(2009) Vera K Schoft et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Compromised stability of DNA methylation and transposon immobilization in mosaic Arabidopsis epigenomes

(2009) J. Reinders et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Small RNA Pathways Are Present and Functional in the Angiosperm Male Gametophyte

(2009) Robert Grant-Downton et al.   Molecular Plant

Epigenetic inheritance during the cell cycle

(2009) Aline V. Probst et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

A polycomb repressive complex 2 gene regulates apogamy and gives evolutionary insights into early land plant evolution

(2009) Y. Okano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Dynamic DNA Methylation

(2009) J. A. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements During Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting

(2009) M. Gehring et al.   SCIENCE

A Role for RNAi in the Selective Correction of DNA Methylation Defects

(2009) F. K. Teixeira et al.   SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Demethylation of Arabidopsis Endosperm

(2009) T.-F. Hsieh et al.   SCIENCE

The suspensor: not just suspending the embryo

(2009) Tomokazu Kawashima et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Sorting of Small RNAs into Arabidopsis Argonaute Complexes Is Directed by the 5′ Terminal Nucleotide

(2008) Shijun Mi et al.   CELL

Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning

(2008) Shawn J. Cokus et al.   NATURE

The Mechanism Selecting the Guide Strand from Small RNA Duplexes is Different Among Argonaute Proteins

(2008) Atsushi Takeda et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Retinoblastoma and Its Binding Partner MSI1 Control Imprinting in Arabidopsis

(2008) Pauline E Jullien et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Three SRA-Domain Methylcytosine-Binding Proteins Cooperate to Maintain Global CpG Methylation and Epigenetic Silencing in Arabidopsis

(2008) Hye Ryun Woo et al.   PLoS Genetics