Chromatin‐based mechanisms of temperature memory in plants
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For successful growth and development, plants constantly have to gauge their environment. Plants are capable to monitor their current environmental conditions, and they are also able to integrate environmental conditions over time and store the information induced by the cues. In a developmental context, such an environmental memory is used to align developmental transitions with favourable environmental conditions. One temperature‐related example of this is the transition to flowering after experiencing winter conditions, that is, vernalization. In the context of adaptation to stress, such an environmental memory is used to improve stress adaptation even when the stress cues are intermittent. A somatic stress memory has now been described for various stresses, including extreme temperatures, drought, and pathogen infection. At the molecular level, such a memory of the environment is often mediated by epigenetic and chromatin modifications. Histone modifications in particular play an important role. In this review, we will discuss and compare different types of temperature memory and the histone modifications, as well as the reader, writer, and eraser proteins involved.
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The role of epigenetics in environmental responses is well established in plants, especially Polycomb-based vernalization, and similar processes appear to occur in some animals.
“The importance of epigenetics in environmental responses is well-established in plants, particularly in Polycomb-based vernalization 73 , but similar processes appear to take place in some animal species.”
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- Authors
- Friedrich, T., Faivre, L., Bäurle, I., & Schubert, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Bäurle, Isabel
- Schubert, Daniel
- Venue
- Plant, Cell & Environment
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-07-24
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 762-770
- ISSN
- 0140-7791 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3040
- OpenAlex
- W2808786317
- Cited by
- 182
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 1.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Plant Cell & Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- publish.UP (University of Potsdam) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CRC973)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Keywords
- environmental memory, chromatin modification, histone modifications, vernalization, flowering time, epigenetic memory, plant stress adaptation
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Chromatin, Stress, Physiological, Temperature, Plant Physiological Phenomena, Epigenesis, Genetic
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