@article{MorenoRomeroProbstTrindadeetal.2020,
  author    = {Moreno-Romero, Jordi and Probst, Aline V. and Trindade, In{\^e}s and Kalyanikrishna, and Engelhorn, Julia and Farrona, Sara},
  title     = {Looking At the Past and Heading to the Future},
  series = {Frontiers in Plant Science},
  volume    = {10},
  journal   = {Frontiers in Plant Science},
  number    = {1795},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media},
  address   = {Lausanne},
  issn      = {1664-462X},
  doi       = {10.3389/fpls.2019.01795},
  pages     = {1 -- 12},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In June 2019, more than a hundred plant researchers met in Cologne, Germany, for the 6th European Workshop on Plant Chromatin (EWPC). This conference brought together a highly dynamic community of researchers with the common aim to understand how chromatin organization controls gene expression, development, and plant responses to the environment. New evidence showing how epigenetic states are set, perpetuated, and inherited were presented, and novel data related to the three-dimensional organization of chromatin within the nucleus were discussed. At the level of the nucleosome, its composition by different histone variants and their specialized histone deposition complexes were addressed as well as the mechanisms involved in histone post-translational modifications and their role in gene expression. The keynote lecture on plant DNA methylation by Julie Law (SALK Institute) and the tribute session to Lars Hennig, honoring the memory of one of the founders of the EWPC who contributed to promote the plant chromatin and epigenetic field in Europe, added a very special note to this gathering. In this perspective article we summarize some of the most outstanding data and advances on plant chromatin research presented at this workshop.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BatistaMorenoRomeroQiuetal.2019,
  author    = {Batista, Rita A. and Moreno-Romero, Jordi and Qiu, Yichun and van Boven, Joram and Santos-Gonzalez, Juan and Figueiredo, Duarte Dionisio and K{\"o}hler, Claudia},
  title     = {The MADS-box transcription factor PHERES1 controls imprinting in the endosperm by binding to domesticated transposons},
  series = {eLife},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {eLife},
  publisher = {eLife Sciences Publications},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {2050-084X},
  doi       = {10.7554/eLife.50541},
  pages     = {29},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {MADS-box transcription factors (TFs) are ubiquitous in eukaryotic organisms and play major roles during plant development. Nevertheless, their function in seed development remains largely unknown. Here, we show that the imprinted Arabidopsis thaliana MADS-box TF PHERES1 (PHE1) is a master regulator of paternally expressed imprinted genes, as well as of non-imprinted key regulators of endosperm development. PHE1 binding sites show distinct epigenetic modifications on maternal and paternal alleles, correlating with parental-specific transcriptional activity. Importantly, we show that the CArG-box-like DNA-binding motifs that are bound by PHE1 have been distributed by RC/Helitron transposable elements. Our data provide an example of the molecular domestication of these elements which, by distributing PHE1 binding sites throughout the genome, have facilitated the recruitment of crucial endosperm regulators into a single transcriptional network.},
  language  = {en}
}