The plant genetic material -- The genome landscape : plastic and dynamic -- Transposable elements -- Centromeres, telomeres and chromatin -- Organelle genomes -- RNA -- The plant RNA polymerases -- Making mRNAs : control of transcription by RNP-II -- Controlling nuclear transcription -- Control of transcription factor function -- Small RNAs -- Chromatin and gene expression -- RNA processing and transport -- Fate of RNA -- Translation of RNA -- Protein folding and transport -- Protein degradation.