Stress-induced chromatin changes in plants: Of memories, metabolites and crop improvement

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1261-1273

  Vriet, Cécile ^a,b,c,d   Hennig, Lars ^e   Laloi, Christophe ^a,b,c  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Acclimation; Arabidopsis; Chromatin remodeling; Crop improvement; Energy; Epigenetic; Histone modifications; Memory; Methylation; PARP; Sirtuin; Transgenerational

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HISTONE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; CHROMATIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DEMETHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHROMATIN; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; METHYLATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930920542     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1792-z     Document Type: Review

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