Epigenetic and chromatin-based mechanisms in environmental stress adaptation and stress memory in plants
- Plants frequently have to weather both biotic and abiotic stressors, and have evolved sophisticated adaptation and defense mechanisms. In recent years, chromatin modifications, nucleosome positioning, and DNA methylation have been recognized as important components in these adaptations. Given their potential epigenetic nature, such modifications may provide a mechanistic basis for a stress memory, enabling plants to respond more efficiently to recurring stress or even to prepare their offspring for potential future assaults. In this review, we discuss both the involvement of chromatin in stress responses and the current evidence on somatic, intergenerational, and transgenerational stress memory.
| Author details: | Jörn LämkeORCiDGND, Isabel BäurleORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1263-6 |
| ISSN: | 1474-760X |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28655328 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Genome biology : biology for the post-genomic era |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Place of publishing: | London |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/06/27 |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Release date: | 2020/04/20 |
| Tag: | Arabidopsis-thaliana; DNA methylation; acquired thermotolerance; defense; gene-expression; protein; remodeling atpase brahma; responses; transcriptional memory; transgenerational inheritance |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Number of pages: | 11 |
| First page: | 8685 |
| Last Page: | 8693 |
| Funding institution: | Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [CRC973]; European Research Council (ERC Consolidator Grant) [725295]; EMBO Young Investigator Programme |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
| DOAJ gelistet | |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 792 |
