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

Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS ·Vol. 72 ·No. 7 ·2015-04-00 ·Pages 1261-73

Vriet C, Hennig L, Laloi C

Abstract

Exposure of plants to adverse environmental conditions leads to extensive transcriptional changes. Genome-wide approaches and gene function studies have revealed the importance of chromatin-level control in the regulation of stress-responsive gene expression. Advances in understanding chromatin modifications implicated in plant stress response and identifying proteins involved in chromatin-mediated transcriptional responses to stress are briefly presented in this review. We then highlight how chromatin-mediated gene expression changes can be coupled to the metabolic status of the cell, since many of the chromatin-modifying proteins involved in transcriptional regulation depend on cofactors and metabolites that are shared with enzymes in basic metabolism. Lastly, we discuss the stability and heritability of stress-induced chromatin changes and the potential of chromatin-based strategies for increasing stress tolerance of crops.

MeSH Terms
Adaptation, Physiological/genetics Chromatin/genetics,metabolism Crops, Agricultural/genetics,metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Histones/genetics,metabolism Methylation Models, Genetic Plant Proteins/genetics,metabolism Plants/genetics,metabolism Stress, Physiological/genetics
Chemicals
Chromatin Histones Plant Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Vriet Cécile
BVME UMR 7265, Lab Genet Biophys Plantes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, 13284, France, cecile.vriet@univ-amu.fr.
Hennig Lars
Laloi Christophe
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Article Info
Journal
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
Abbr.
Cell Mol Life Sci
ISSN
1420-9071
DOI
10.1007/s00018-014-1792-z
Email
cecile.vriet@univ-amu.fr
Published
2015-04-00
Epub
2015-00-13
Pages
1261-73
Language
English
Region
Switzerland
NLM ID
9705402
Subset
IM
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