Plant Epigenome and Epitranscriptome Adaptation to Environmental Changes
A special issue of Epigenomes (ISSN 2075-4655).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 8442
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant adaptation to the environment; light signaling; protein homeostasis; changes in chromatin states and transcription factor stability
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Interests: chromatin mechanisms of transcription regulation; nuclear organization; plant adaptation to light; chloroplast signaling; functional links between metabolism and chromatin
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Open Access journal Epigenomes is now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on “Plant Epigenome and Epitranscriptome Adaptation to Environmental Changes”.
Plants are masters in the art of adapting to changing environments. Dynamic remodeling of the epigenome and the epitranscriptome are major contributors to plant phenotypic plasticity. Deciphering the pathways conveying environmental signals to chromatin and RNA and identifying the mechanisms by which they affect specific set of genes in different cell types, tissues or organs to trigger the desired response have been intense fields of research. The question of whether such mechanisms allow for a memory of past environmental conditions or stresses is also attracting much interest.
Understanding how epigenomic and epitranscriptomic dynamics contribute to adaptation is essential to predict how plant species are being impacted in natural ecosystems and in the field by climate change, which induces various adverse environmental conditions, such as elevated temperatures, drought, flooding, or harmful light. Targeting epigenome and epitranscriptome mechanisms also constitutes an important lever for improving crop yield and quality.
We will consider reviews, research, or method manuscripts on the following topics:
- Histone modifications
- Nucleosome remodeling
- DNA and RNA methylation
- Chromatin compartmentalization and 3D organization.
The environmental changes involved can relate, but are not restricted, to:
- Heat
- Drought
- Light
- CO2
- UV
- Circadian rhythm.
Dr. Sandra Fonseca
Dr. Clara Richet-Bourbousse
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plants
- environment
- chromatin
- DNA methylation
- RNA methylation
- abiotic stress
- signaling
- memory
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