We report an improved draft nucleotide sequence of the 2.3-gigabase genome of maize, an
important crop plant and model for biological research. Over 32,000 genes were predicted, …

Heterochromatin has been defined as deeply staining chromosomal material that remains
condensed in interphase, whereas euchromatin undergoes de-condensation 1 . …

The mutagenic activity of transposable elements (TEs) is suppressed by epigenetic silencing
and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), especially in gametes that could transmit transposed …

The iPlant Collaborative (iPlant) is a United States National Science Foundation (NSF)
funded project that aims to create an innovative, comprehensive, and foundational …

The fission yeast clade—comprising Schizosaccharomyces pombe, S. octosporus, S. cryophilus,
and S. japonicus—occupies the basal branch of Ascomycete fungi and is an important …

Cytosine methylation of repetitive sequences is widespread in plant genomes, occurring in
both symmetric (CpG and CpNpG) as well as asymmetric sequence contexts. We used the …

The iPlant Collaborative provides life science research communities access to comprehensive,
scalable, and cohesive computational infrastructure for data management; identity …

The Arabidopsis Information Portal ( https://www.araport.org ) is a new online resource for
plant biology research. It houses the Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequence and associated …

DNA methylation is a chromatin modification that is frequently associated with epigenetic
regulation in plants and mammals. However, genetic changes such as transposon insertions …

A proton–sucrose symporter mediates the key step in carbon export from leaves of most
plants. Sucrose transport activity and steady-state mRNA levels of BvSUT1, a sugar beet leaf …