Abstract: The present invention relates to transcriptional gene activation. More specifically, the present invention relates to the methylation of the gene body using inverted repeat RNAs which results in the activation of gene expression without changing the tempo-spatial regulatory patterns of the gene expression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) of endogenes in plants, plant tissue and plant cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid constructs that are capable of more effectively silencing genes of interest, such as endogenes, in plants, plant tissue and plant cells by TGS. The present invention further relates to methods of more effectively reducing endogenous gene expression in plants, plant tissues or plant cells by TGS using the nucleic acid constructs of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) of endogenes in plants, plant tissue and plant cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to nucleic acid constructs that are capable of TGS of endogenes in plants, plant tissue and plant cells. The present invention further relates to methods of reducing endogenous gene expression in plants, plant tissues or plant cells by TGS using the nucleic acid constructs of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing protein stability in transgenic plants. The compositions are nucleic acid constructs which encode fusion proteins, fusion proteins, transgenic plant cells and transgenic plants. A fusion protein in accordance with the present invention comprises a protein of interest and a UBA1 or UBA2 domain of an Arabidopsis RAD23 protein. The methods use the nucleic acid constructs to produce fusion proteins in transgenic plant cells or transgenic plants. The fusion proteins have greater stability than the protein of interest and have the same function as the proteins of interest.