Abstract

Epigenetics commonly acts at the chromatin level modulating its structure and consequently its function in gene expression and as such plays a critical role in plant response to internal and external cues. This book highlights recent advances in our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms as a major determinant through which internal and external signals, such as those occurring during hybridization, flowering time, reproduction and response to stress, communicate with plant cells to bring about activation of multiple nuclear processes and consequently plant growth and development. The outcome of these processes may persist for generations long after the initial cues have expired and may contribute to plant evolution.
Original languageAmerican English
Place of PublicationBerlin, Heidelberg
Number of pages261
ISBN (Electronic)9783642352270, 3642352278, 9783642352263
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Publication series

NameSignaling and Communication in Plants
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Volume18

Keywords

  • DNA methylation
  • abiotic stress
  • chromatin
  • imprinting
  • plant immunity
  • small RNAs

ULI publications

  • uli
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological chemistry
  • Biosciences
  • Botany -- Physiology
  • Chemical composition of organisms
  • Crops -- Breeding
  • Life sciences
  • Organisms -- Composition
  • Physiological chemistry
  • Plant breeding
  • Plant physiology
  • Plants -- Physiology
  • Sciences, Life
  • ביוכימיה
  • מדעי החיים

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