Cis-regulatory sequences in plants: Their importance, discovery, and future challenges

RJ Schmitz, E Grotewold, M Stam - The plant cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The identification and characterization of cis-regulatory DNA sequences and how they
function to coordinate responses to developmental and environmental cues is of paramount …

The role and activity of SWI/SNF chromatin remodelers

T Bieluszewski, S Prakash, T Roulé… - Annual Review of Plant …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
SWITCH deficient SUCROSE NONFERMENTING (SWI/SNF) class chromatin remodeling
complexes (CRCs) use the energy derived from ATP hydrolysis to facilitate access of …

Plant transcription factors—being in the right place with the right company

L Strader, D Weijers, D Wagner - Current opinion in plant biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Transcriptional regulation underlies many of the growth and developmental processes that
shape plants as well as their adaptation to their environment. Key to transcriptional control …

Pioneer factors: roles and their regulation in development

A Barral, KS Zaret - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Pioneer factors are a subclass of transcription factors that can bind and initiate opening of
silent chromatin regions. Pioneer factors subsequently regulate lineage-specific genes and …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic processes in plant stress priming: open questions and new approaches

CJ Harris, A Amtmann, J Ton - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Priming reflects the capacity of plants to memorise environmental stress experience and
improve their response to recurring stress. Epigenetic modifications in DNA and associated …

[HTML][HTML] The Polycomb repressive complex 2 deposits H3K27me3 and represses transposable elements in a broad range of eukaryotes

T Hisanaga, F Romani, S Wu, T Kowar, Y Wu… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The mobility of transposable elements (TEs) contributes to evolution of genomes. Their
uncontrolled activity causes genomic instability; therefore, expression of TEs is silenced by …

Comprehensive characterization of three classes of Arabidopsis SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complexes

J Guo, G Cai, YQ Li, YX Zhang, YN Su, DY Yuan… - Nature plants, 2022 - nature.com
Although SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complexes are known to regulate diverse
biological functions in plants, the classification, compositions and functional mechanisms of …

Wound-inducible WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 13 is required for callus growth and organ reconnection

M Ikeuchi, A Iwase, T Ito, H Tanaka, DS Favero… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Highly efficient tissue repair is pivotal for surviving damage-associated stress. Plants
generate callus upon injury to heal wound sites, yet regulatory mechanisms of tissue repair …

Epigenetic regulation during plant development and the capacity for epigenetic memory

EA Hemenway, M Gehring - Annual review of plant biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The establishment, maintenance, and removal of epigenetic modifications provide an
additional layer of regulation, beyond genetically encoded factors, by which plants can …

The master growth regulator DELLA binding to histone H2A is essential for DELLA-mediated global transcription regulation

X Huang, H Tian, J Park, DH Oh, J Hu, R Zentella… - Nature plants, 2023 - nature.com
The DELLA genes, also known as 'Green Revolution'genes, encode conserved master
growth regulators that control plant development in response to internal and environmental …