gene-regulation
Gene regulation encompasses the mechanisms plants use to control which genes are active and at what levels, thereby modulating the production of specific proteins and molecules. This is crucial for plant biology because it enables plants to respond dynamically to environmental stimuli such as light, temperature, and water availability, and to coordinate developmental processes like growth and reproduction. Understanding gene regulation in plants is fundamental to advancing crop performance, stress tolerance, and agricultural sustainability.
open_in_new WikipediaTargetGAN: A generative AI framework for designing plant core promo...
Crops engineered with these AI-designed genetic switches could be dialed up to resist drought, pe...
Super-enhancer-mediated transcriptional regulation of gene clusters...
Understanding how plants switch on clusters of genes could let scientists engineer crops that pro...
Small but mighty: emerging roles of uORFs in plants.
It could lead to vegetables, grains, and fruits that naturally fend off disease and survive harsh...
Cis-regulatory architecture downstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T underli...
Understanding exactly how plants decide when to flower could help breeders develop crops that blo...
Decoding MicroRNA Networks in Plant Vegetative and Reproductive Bra...
The tomatoes and grains at your grocery store could soon be bred to grow more efficiently by twea...
Structure-driven function of plant lncRNAs: conserved RNA architect...
The crops on your dinner plate — wheat, rice, corn — carry millions of tiny RNA molecules that fo...
Scientists mapped every genetic switch controlling how plants make scent
The fragrance fading from modern roses isn't accidental; breeders selected for looks and shelf li...
Arabidopsis Group I Pumilio RNA-binding factors are vital for embry...
Cracking the molecular dial that lets plants choose between growing faster and surviving drought ...
Unveiling the epigenetic and stress-responsive function of histone ...
After a drought hammers your garden, some plants bounce back surprisingly fast the following seas...
Key gene identified that controls how Chinese cabbage forms its head
Chinese cabbage varieties that fail to head properly, going loose and leafy instead of forming th...
MicroRNA858a antagonistically regulates plant response to concurren...
Every tomato plant in your garden faces simultaneous threats — fungal spores, scorching afternoon...
The cotton 1R-MYB transcription factor GhMYS1 promotes fiber cell e...
Cotton fibers are essentially single cells that must stretch to extraordinary lengths before they...
The multifaceted regulatory network of microRNA396: Orchestrating p...
Every tomato that sets fruit during a heat wave, every wheat plant that keeps growing after a fun...
G-quadruplexes and i-motifs: Emerging regulatory elements in plant genomes.
The switches that tell a tomato when to ripen, a wheat plant when to flower, or a drought-stresse...
Plant growth and development: Multilayered control of plant development.
Every vegetable and flower in your garden is quietly running a complex internal control system th...
Interacting with GUN1 and MORF2, SL1 modulates plastid RNA editing ...
Healthier, greener crops and garden plants could come from this discovery — understanding how pla...
WRKY30 negatively regulates lateral root development downstream of ...
Lateral roots are how plants mine deeper soil for water and nutrients, so understanding the molec...
Gene-editing tool maps individual cell switches to speed plant breeding
Breeders have long wanted to flip individual genetic switches to make a tomato resist blight or a...
Antagonism between blue- and red-light signaling controls thallus f...
Every time your houseplants lean or droop toward a window, the same tug-of-war between red and bl...
Chemical marks on RNA help plants grow and adapt to stress
Every seed that knows when to germinate and every leaf that curls in drought is reading chemical ...
Diverse novel RNA polymerase III promoters and dual-activity promot...
Every rice variety, wheat strain, and corn hybrid you've ever grown carries hidden genetic contro...
Co-transcriptional splicing regulation in FLC mediated by AtCDC5 an...
Every spring flush of cherry blossoms, every tulip's precise timing, every garlic scape you're wa...
Plants manage RNA quality control differently than animals, new study finds
The molecular machinery that decides which of a plant's genes get read correctly and which get di...
Massive map links human DNA switches to their target genes
This study focuses entirely on human genetics and gene regulation, so it has no direct connection...
Transcriptomics Unveil Dsx1 as a Critical Regulator in Sexual Dimor...
CRISPR gene-editing tools validated here on crustaceans are the same tools plant breeders now use...