@misc{FriedrichFaivreBaeurleLenhardetal.2018, author = {Friedrich, Thomas and Faivre, Lea and B{\"a}urle-Lenhard, Isabel and Schubert, Daniel}, title = {Chromatin-based mechanisms of temperature memory in plants}, series = {Plant, cell \& environment : cell physiology, whole-plant physiology, community physiology}, volume = {42}, journal = {Plant, cell \& environment : cell physiology, whole-plant physiology, community physiology}, number = {3}, publisher = {Wiley}, address = {Hoboken}, issn = {0140-7791}, doi = {10.1111/pce.13373}, pages = {762 -- 770}, year = {2018}, abstract = {For successful growth and development, plants constantly have to gauge their environment. Plants are capable to monitor their current environmental conditions, and they are also able to integrate environmental conditions over time and store the information induced by the cues. In a developmental context, such an environmental memory is used to align developmental transitions with favourable environmental conditions. One temperature-related example of this is the transition to flowering after experiencing winter conditions, that is, vernalization. In the context of adaptation to stress, such an environmental memory is used to improve stress adaptation even when the stress cues are intermittent. A somatic stress memory has now been described for various stresses, including extreme temperatures, drought, and pathogen infection. At the molecular level, such a memory of the environment is often mediated by epigenetic and chromatin modifications. Histone modifications in particular play an important role. In this review, we will discuss and compare different types of temperature memory and the histone modifications, as well as the reader, writer, and eraser proteins involved.}, language = {en} } @article{JohnOlasMuellerRoeber2021, author = {John, Sheeba and Olas, Justyna Jadwiga and M{\"u}ller-R{\"o}ber, Bernd}, title = {Regulation of alternative splicing in response to temperature variation in plants}, series = {Journal of experimental botany}, volume = {72}, journal = {Journal of experimental botany}, number = {18}, publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0022-0957}, doi = {10.1093/jxb/erab232}, pages = {6150 -- 6163}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Plants have evolved numerous molecular strategies to cope with perturbations in environmental temperature, and to adjust growth and physiology to limit the negative effects of extreme temperature. One of the strategies involves alternative splicing of primary transcripts to encode alternative protein products or transcript variants destined for degradation by nonsense-mediated decay. Here, we review how changes in environmental temperature-cold, heat, and moderate alterations in temperature-affect alternative splicing in plants, including crops. We present examples of the mode of action of various temperature-induced splice variants and discuss how these alternative splicing events enable favourable plant responses to altered temperatures. Finally, we point out unanswered questions that should be addressed to fully utilize the endogenous mechanisms in plants to adjust their growth to environmental temperature. We also indicate how this knowledge might be used to enhance crop productivity in the future.}, language = {en} }