Gene silencing in plants using artificial microRNAs and other small RNAs

S Ossowski, R Schwab, D Weigel - The Plant Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive analysis of gene function requires the detailed examination of mutant
alleles. In Arabidopsis thaliana, large collections of sequence‐indexed insertion and …

Epigenetic memory in plants

M Iwasaki, J Paszkowski - The EMBO journal, 2014 - embopress.org
Epigenetics refers to heritable changes in patterns of gene expression that occur without
alterations in DNA sequence. The epigenetic mechanisms involve covalent modifications of …

Deposition of histone variant H2A. Z within gene bodies regulates responsive genes

D Coleman-Derr, D Zilberman - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The regulation of eukaryotic chromatin relies on interactions between many epigenetic
factors, including histone modifications, DNA methylation, and the incorporation of histone …

The FRIGIDA Complex Activates Transcription of FLC, a Strong Flowering Repressor in Arabidopsis, by Recruiting Chromatin Modification Factors

K Choi, J Kim, HJ Hwang, S Kim, C Park, SY Kim… - The Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The flowering of Arabidopsis thaliana winter annuals is delayed until the subsequent spring
by the strong floral repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). FRIGIDA (FRI) activates the …

Embryonic epigenetic reprogramming by a pioneer transcription factor in plants

Z Tao, L Shen, X Gu, Y Wang, H Yu, Y He - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Epigenetic modifications, including chromatin modifications and DNA methylation, have a
central role in the regulation of gene expression in plants and animals. The transmission of …

Chromatin‐remodeling complexes: Conserved and plant‐specific subunits in Arabidopsis

JY Shang, XJ He - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adenosine triphosphate‐dependent chromatin remodeling complexes are important for the
regulation of transcription, DNA replication, and genome stability in eukaryotes. Although …

Transcriptional regulation of the ambient temperature response by H2A. Z nucleosomes and HSF1 transcription factors in Arabidopsis

S Cortijo, V Charoensawan, A Brestovitsky, R Buning… - Molecular plant, 2017 - cell.com
Temperature influences the distribution, range, and phenology of plants. The key
transcriptional activators of heat shock response in eukaryotes, the heat shock factors …

Histone variants in the specialization of plant chromatin

M Foroozani, DH Holder, RB Deal - Annual review of plant …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The basic unit of chromatin, the nucleosome, is an octamer of four core histone proteins
(H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) and serves as a fundamental regulatory unit in all DNA-templated …

FRIGIDA establishes a local chromosomal environment for FLOWERING LOCUS C mRNA production

Z Li, D Jiang, Y He - Nature Plants, 2018 - nature.com
FRIGIDA (FRI) upregulates the expression of the potent floral repressor FLOWERING
LOCUS C (FLC) to confer the winter-annual growth habit in Arabidopsis thaliana …

Repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C and FLOWERING LOCUS T by the Arabidopsis Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Components

D Jiang, Y Wang, Y Wang, Y He - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are evolutionarily conserved in animals and plants, and play
critical roles in the regulation of developmental gene expression. Here we show that the …