Epigenetic Reprogramming in Plant Reproductive Lineages

Profiling microRNA expression in Arabidopsis pollen using microRNA array and real-time PCR

(2012) Carrie Chambers et al.   BMC 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

Opening the Door to Epigenetics in PCP

(2012) T. Kinoshita et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Plant Imprinted Genes Identified by Genome-wide Approaches and Their Regulatory Mechanisms

(2012) Y. Ikeda   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Loss of DNA methylation affects the recombination landscape in Arabidopsis

(2012) M. Mirouze et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Germline Specification and Function in Plants

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

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

(2011) Changbin Chen et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

HP1  links histone methylation marks to meiotic synapsis in mice

(2011) Y. Takada et al.   DEVELOPMENT

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

The Anaphase-Promoting Complex Is a Dual Integrator That Regulates Both MicroRNA-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Cyclin B1 and Degradation of Cyclin B1 during Arabidopsis Male Gametophyte Development

(2011) B. Zheng et al.   PLANT CELL

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

(2011) Manjit Singh et al.   PLANT CELL

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

Regulation of imprinted gene expression inArabidopsisendosperm

(2011) Tzung-Fu Hsieh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel RNA-Recognition-Motif Protein Is Required for Premeiotic G1/S-Phase Transition in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2011) Ken-Ichi Nonomura et al.   PLoS Genetics

Deep sequencing on genome-wide scale reveals the unique composition and expression patterns of microRNAs in developing pollen of Oryza sativa

(2011) Li Wei et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

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

Proper regulation of a sperm-specific cis-nat-siRNA is essential for double fertilization in Arabidopsis

(2010) M. Ron et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Meiosis in flowering plants and other green organisms

(2010) C. J. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Small RNA activity and function in angiosperm gametophytes

(2010) G. Le Trionnaire et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

(2010) Vianey Olmedo-Monfil et al.   NATURE

Haploids in flowering plants: origins and exploitation

(2010) Jim M. Dunwell   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Arabidopsis SET DOMAIN GROUP2Is Required for H3K4 Trimethylation and Is Crucial for Both Sporophyte and Gametophyte Development

(2010) Alexandre Berr et al.   PLANT CELL

Inactivation of a DNA Methylation Pathway in Maize Reproductive Organs Results in Apomixis-Like Phenotypes

(2010) Marcelina Garcia-Aguilar et al.   PLANT CELL

Embryo and Endosperm Inherit Distinct Chromatin and Transcriptional States from the Female Gametes in Arabidopsis

(2010) M. Pillot et al.   PLANT CELL

Histone hyperacetylation affects meiotic recombination and chromosome segregation in Arabidopsis

(2010) Giorgio Perrella et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

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

A Small-RNA Perspective on Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and Early Zygotic Development

(2010) Déborah Bourc’his et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2010) A. Molnar et al.   SCIENCE

siRNAs and DNA methylation: seedy epigenetics

(2010) Rebecca A. Mosher et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Bridging the generation gap: flowering plant gametophytes and animal germlines reveal unexpected similarities

(2009) Hugh G. Dickinson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

MicroRNA and tasiRNA diversity in mature pollen of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Robert Grant-Downton et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Epigenetic Reprogramming and Small RNA Silencing of Transposable Elements in Pollen

(2009) R. Keith Slotkin et al.   CELL

Epigenetic Resetting of a Gene Imprinted in Plant Embryos

(2009) Stephanie Jahnke et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pollen grain development is compromised in Arabidopsis agp6 agp11 null mutants

(2009) S. Coimbra et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

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

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

The nature of selection during plant domestication

(2009) Michael D. Purugganan et al.   NATURE

Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements During Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting

(2009) M. Gehring et al.   SCIENCE

A Plant Germline-Specific Integrator of Sperm Specification and Cell Cycle Progression

(2009) Lynette Brownfield et al.   PLoS Genetics

Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation marks meiotic recombination initiation sites

(2008) Valérie Borde et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Comparative Transcriptomics of Arabidopsis Sperm Cells

(2008) F. Borges et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Retinoblastoma Makes Its Mark on Imprinting in Plants

(2008) Liliana M Costa et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY