The Mosher Lab
Dew-Budd KJ, Chow HT, et al
Mating system is associated with seed phenotypes upon loss of RNA-directed DNA methylation in Brassicaceae
in press, 2024
Chakrabory T, et al
Embryo CHH hypermethylation is mediated by RdDM and is auto-nomously directed in Brassica rapa
May 2021
Featured Publications
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Selected Publications
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Chakraborty T, Trujillo JT, Kendall T, and Mosher RA. “Charophytic Green Algae encode ancestral Pol IV/Pol V subunits and a CLSY/DRD1 homolog” Genome Biol Evo, 16(6): evae119, 2024. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae119
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Dew-Budd KJ, Chow HT, Kendall T, David BC, Rozelle JA, Mosher RA, and Beilstein MA. “Mating system is associated with seed phenotypes upon loss of RNA-directed DNA methylation in Brassicaceae” Plant Physiology, 194(4):2136–2148, 2024. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad622
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Chow HT and Mosher RA, “Small RNA mediated DNA methylation during plant reproduction” The Plant Cell, 35(6):1787-1800, 2023. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad010
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Chow HT, Kendall T, and Mosher RA, “A novel CLAVATA1 mutation causes multilocularity in Brassica rapa” Plant Direct, 7:e476, 2023. PDF
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.476
Chakraborty T, Payne H, and Mosher RA. “Expansion and Contraction of Small RNA and Methylation Machinery Throughout Plant Evolution” Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 69:102260, 2022. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102260
Burgess D, Chow HT, Grover JW, Freeling M, and Mosher RA. “Ovule siRNAs methylate protein-coding genes in trans” The Plant Cell, 34:3647-3664, 2022. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac197
This article was highlighted in a Plant Cell In Brief article (https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac224). PDF
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Chakraborty T, Trujillo JT, Kendall T, and Mosher RA. “A null allele of the Pol IV Second Subunit is Viable in Oryza sativa” The Plant Journal, 111:748-755, 2022. PDF
http://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15848
Mosher RA. “Small RNAs on the move in male meiocytes” Science, 373:26-27, 2021. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj5020
Chakraborty T, Kendall T, Grover JW, and Mosher RA. “Embryo CHH hypermethylation is mediated by RdDM and is autonomously directed in Brassica rapa” Genome Biology, 22:140, 2021. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-021-02358-3
Grover JW, Burgess D, Kendall T, Baten A, Pokhrel S, King GJ, Meyers BC, Freeling M, and Mosher RA. “Abundant expression of maternal siRNAs is a conserved feature of seed development”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 117(26): 15305-15315, 2020. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001332117
Chow HT, Chakraborty T, and Mosher RA. “RNA-directed DNA Methylation and sexual reproduction: expanding beyond the seed”. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 54: 11-17, 2020. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.11.006
Trujillo JT, Seetharum AS, Hufford MB, Beilstein MA, and Mosher RA. “Evidence for a sixth DNA-dependent RNA polymerase in cereal crops”. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35(10): 2454-2462, 2018. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy146
Grover JW, Kendall T, Baten A, Burgess D, Freeling M, King GJ, and Mosher RA. “Maternal components of RNA-directed DNA methylation are required for seed development in Brassica rapa”. The Plant Journal, 94: 575-582, 2018. PDF
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13910
This article was featured on the cover of The Plant Journal and discuss in a companion Research Highlight (https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13935). PDF
Trujillo JT, Beilstein MA, and Mosher RA. “The Ago-binding platform of NRPE1 evolves through modulation of intrinsically disordered repeats” New Phytologist, 212:1094-1105, 2016. PDF
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14089/full
Huang Y, Kendall T, Forsythe ES, Dorantes-Acosta A, Yu Y, Caballero-Perez J, Chen X, Arteaga-Vázquez M, Beilstein MA, and Mosher RA. “Ancient origin and recent innovations of RNA Polymerase IV and V”. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32:1788-1799, 2015. PDF
https://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/7/1788
Matzke MA and Mosher RA. “RNA-directed DNA methylation: an epigenetic pathway of increasing complexity” Nature Reviews Genetics, 15:394-408, 2014. PDF