Arp Schnittger

Suppression of meiotic double-strand break formation in somatic cells by DREAM factors TCX5/6 maintains genome stability

Meiotic recombination in reproductive cells is initiated by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and requires the expression of meiosis-specific genes, yet how the transcription of those genes is regulated in either meiotic or somatic cells remains unclear. Here, using a representativ...

Multiple Argonaute complexes orchestrate epigenetic silencing in the Arabidopsis germline

Abstract Small RNAs (sRNAs) are widespread across diverse flowering plant species and play important roles regulating reproduction and environmental responses. However, how sRNAs exert their function is largely unknown, likely due to their typical origin in non-genic regions, the...