1st Edition
Plant Transposable Elements Biology and Biotechnology
This new volume provides an up-to-date understanding of the numerous classes of plant transposable elements, the mobile units of DNA that comprise large portions of plant genomes, which are an important contributor for gene and genome evolution. Transposable elements (TEs) are major components of large plant genomes and main drivers of genome evolution, known to produce a wide variety of changes in plant gene expression and function.
Providing a systematic interpretation of protocols designed to characterize TEs and their biotechnological roles, the volume explores TEs in plant development, their architecture, their epigenetic regulation, their use in DNA repair, their evolution and speciation, while also highlighting their importance in the approaching epoch of climate change.
The volume begins with introduction of transposable elements, covering their classification and transposition. It delves into protocols designed to characterize TEs and their biotechnological applications. The book includes computational approaches for prediction and analysis, retro-transposon capture sequencing, and more. The section on transposon biology focuses on its role in plant development and as natural genetic engineers of genome mutation, evolution, and speciation. The book looks further into transposon applications in genome editing, exploring tagging and mutagenesis, genome engineering, and more.
PART I: INTRODUCTION OF TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS (TEs)
1. Introduction, Classification, and Transposition of Transposable Elements (TEs)
Jyothi Chaitanya Pagadala, Deepu Pandita, and Anu Pandita
2. DNA Transposons
Javid Ahmad Malik, Gita Mishra, Younis Ahmad Hajam, Sameer Quazi, and Rafiq Lone
PART II: PROTOCOLS DESIGNED TO CHARACTERIZE TEs AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
3. Computational Approaches for Prediction and Analysis of Transposable Elements in Plants
Mahantesha B. N. Naika, Akash Das, H. T. Paramesha, Pankaj Barah, and H. V. Chaitra
4. Annotation of Transposable Elements in the Evolution of Plant Genome Biology
Ashok Singamsetti, Kartik Madankar, and P. Lakshmi Padmavathi
5. Retro Transposon Capture Sequencing (RC-Seq)
Praveen Kumar, Mainu Hazarika, and Gagan Kumar
PART III: TRANSPOSON BIOLOGY
6. Transposable Elements and Plant Development
Braulio Edgar Herrera-Cabrera, Luis German Lopez-Valdez, Rafael Salgado-Garciglia, Jorge Montiel-Montoya, Gonzalo Guillermo Lucho-Constantino, Fabiola Zaragoza-Martinez, Jose Lorenzo-Laureano, and Hebert Jair Barrales-Cureno
7. Transposons as Natural Genetic Engineers of Genome Mutation, Evolution, and Speciation
Himanshu Pandey, Divya Chauhan, Nguyen Tran Hai Bang, Rajesh Kumar Singhal, and Udit Nandan Mishra
8. Transposable Elements and Epigenetic Regulation
Muhammad Shan, Akash Fatima, Zarmeena Amjad, and Zulqurnain Khan
9. Transposable Elements and Polyploidy in Plants
Parul Tyagi, Ayushi Singh, Pooja Saraswat, Ambika Chaturvedi, and Rajiv Ranajan
10. Transposable Elements and Plant Architecture
Shilpy Singh, Sr Assumi, and Pooja Bhadrecha
11. Regulation of Transposable Elements in Plant Genome
Shankar Bhujbal, Suman Bakshi, Archana Rai, and Sanjay J. Jambhulkar
12. Transposable Elements and DNA Repair at the Cellular Level
Rouf Thakur, Humaira Shah, Tabassum Ashraf, Masarat Bashir, and Ashraf Dar
PART IV: TRANSPOSON APPLICATIONS IN GENOME EDITING
13. Role of Transposable Elements in Plants under Abiotic Stress Response
Vincent Ezin and Rachael C. Symonds
14. Genome Engineering in Plants via Transposable Elements
Pooja Saraswat, Ambika Chaturvedi, Ayushi Singh, Parul Tyagi, and Rajiv Ranjan
15. Transposon Tagging and Mutagenesis
Praveen Kumar, Mainu Hazarika, Lopamudra Sinha, and Gagan Kumar
PART V: TEs OF MODEL PLANT
16. Classification, Structure, Function, and Evolution of Transposable Elements in Oryza sativa
Swarnavo Chakraborty and Aryadeep Roychoudhury
Biography
Deepu Pandita is a Senior Lecturer in the Government Department of School Education, Jammu and Kashmir, India. With more than 20 years of teaching experience, Deepu Pandita has presented her research work at both national and international conferences and has received several awards. Deepu Pandita acts as a reviewer, associate editor, and editor for several international journals. Deepu Pandita has published edited books, editorials, book chapters, reviews, and research articles in national and international journals, including Cells, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Journal of Fungi, and Frontiers in Physiology. Deepu Pandita currently has several books in the process of production.
Anu Pandita is a dietician at the Vatsalya Clinic, Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, India. Previously she worked as a lecturer at the Bee Enn College of Nursing, Talab Tillo, Jammu, India, and as a dietician at the Ahinsa Dham Bhagwan Mahavir Charitable Health Centre, New Delhi, India. Anu Pandita conducted a case study at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Ward at Nehru Hospital, PGI, India, on a patient suffering from chronic liver disease. Anu Pandita has published book chapters, reviews and research articles in national and international journals, including Cells, Journal of Fungi, and Frontiers in Physiology, and also has several books currently in the process of production. Anu Pandita has presented her research work at both national and international conferences.
