Priming is an adaptive strategy that improves the defensive capacity of plants. This
phenomenon is marked by an enhanced activation of induced defense mechanisms. Stimuli …

Vertebrates have evolved a sophisticated adaptive immune system that relies on an almost
infinite diversity of antigen receptors that are clonally expressed by specialized immune cells …

Regulation of gene expression by DNA methylation is crucial for defining cellular identities
and coordinating organism-wide developmental programs in many organisms. In plants …

Gene expression driven by developmental and stress cues often depends on nucleosome
histone post-translational modifications and sometimes on DNA methylation. A number of …

Research efforts during the past decades have provided intriguing evidence suggesting that
stressful experiences during pregnancy exert long-term consequences on the future mental …

Experience and memory of environmental stimuli that indicate future stress can prepare
(prime) organismic stress responses even in species lacking a nervous system. The process …

DNA methylation can cause heritable phenotypic modifications in the absence of changes in
DNA sequence. Environmental stresses can trigger methylation changes and this may have …

An attack of plants by pathogens or treatment with certain resistance-inducing compounds
can lead to the establishment of a unique primed state of defense. Primed plants show …

Priming of defence genes for amplified response to secondary stress can be induced by
application of the plant hormone salicylic acid or its synthetic analogue acibenzolar S …

Plants respond to environmental conditions not only by plastic changes to their own
development and physiology, but also by altering the phenotypes expressed by their …