Histone variants on the move: substrates for chromatin dynamics

PB Talbert, S Henikoff - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Most histones are assembled into nucleosomes behind the replication fork to package newly
synthesized DNA. By contrast, histone variants, which are encoded by separate genes, are …

Chromatin regulation of somatic abiotic stress memory

I Bäurle, I Trindade - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In nature, plants are often subjected to periods of recurrent environmental stress that can
strongly affect their development and productivity. To cope with these conditions, plants can …

Coordinated histone variant H2A. Z eviction and H3. 3 deposition control plant thermomorphogenesis

F Zhao, M Xue, H Zhang, H Li, T Zhao… - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plants can sense temperature changes and adjust their development and morphology
accordingly in a process called thermomorphogenesis. This phenotypic plasticity implies …

Histone chaperone ASF1 mediates H3. 3-H4 deposition in Arabidopsis

Z Zhong, Y Wang, M Wang, F Yang, QA Thomas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Histone chaperones and chromatin remodelers control nucleosome dynamics, which are
essential for transcription, replication, and DNA repair. The histone chaperone Anti …

Epigenetic mechanisms of abiotic stress response and memory in plants

I Mozgova, P Mikulski, A Pecinka, S Farrona - Epigenetics in plants of …, 2019 - Springer
Being sessile organisms, plants are exposed to multiple stimuli without possibility for
escape. Therefore, plants have evolved to be able to adapt their developmental and …

Deposition and eviction of histone variants define functional chromatin states in plants

AV Probst - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The organization of DNA with histone proteins into chromatin is fundamental for the
regulation of gene expression. Incorporation of different histone variants into the …

Similar yet critically different: the distribution, dynamics and function of histone variants

AV Probst, B Desvoyes… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Organization of the genetic information into chromatin plays an important role in the
regulation of all DNA template-based reactions. The incorporation of different variant …

The histone variant H3. 3 promotes the active chromatin state to repress flowering in Arabidopsis

F Zhao, H Zhang, T Zhao, Z Li, D Jiang - Plant physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The histone H3 family in animals and plants includes replicative H3 and nonreplicative H3. 3
variants. H3. 3 preferentially associates with active transcription, yet its function in …

Histone variants in plant transcriptional regulation

D Jiang, F Berger - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene Regulatory …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chromatin based organization of eukaryotic genome plays a profound role in regulating
gene transcription. Nucleosomes form the basic subunits of chromatin by packaging DNA …

The plant stem-cell niche and pluripotency: 15 years of an epigenetic perspective

R Müller-Xing, Q Xing - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pluripotent stem-cells are slowly dividing cells giving rise to daughter cells that can either
differentiate to new tissues and organs, or remain stem-cells. In plants, stem-cells are …