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Perrella G, Fasano C, Donald NA, Daddiego L, Fang W, Martignago D, Carr C, Conti L, Herzyk P, Amtmann A. Histone Deacetylase Complex 1 and histone 1 epigenetically moderate stress responsiveness of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:166-179. [PMID: 37565540 PMCID: PMC10953426 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Early responses of plants to environmental stress factors prevent damage but can delay growth and development in fluctuating conditions. Optimising these trade-offs requires tunability of plant responsiveness to environmental signals. We have previously reported that Histone Deacetylase Complex 1 (HDC1), which interacts with multiple proteins in histone deacetylation complexes, regulates the stress responsiveness of Arabidopsis seedlings, but the underlying mechanism remained elusive. Here, we show that HDC1 attenuates transcriptome re-programming in salt-treated seedlings, and we identify two genes (LEA and MAF5) that inhibit seedling establishment under salt stress downstream of HDC1. HDC1 attenuates their transcriptional induction by salt via a dual mechanism involving H3K9/14 deacetylation and H3K27 trimethylation. The latter, but not the former, was also abolished in a triple knockout mutant of the linker histone H1, which partially mimics the hypersensitivity of the hdc1-1 mutant to salt stress. Although stress-induced H3K27me3 accumulation required both H1 and HDC1, it was not fully recovered by complementing hdc1-1 with a truncated, H1-binding competent HDC1 suggesting other players or independent inputs. The combined findings reveal a dual brake function of HDC1 via regulating both active and repressive epigenetic marks on stress-inducible genes. This natural 'anti-panic' device offers a molecular leaver to tune stress responsiveness in plants.
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- Giorgio Perrella
- Department of BiosciencesUniversità degli Studi di MilanoVia Celoria 26Milan20133Italy
- Plant Science GroupSchool of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), University of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic DevelopmentTrisaia Research CentreRotondella (Matera)75026Italy
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- Plant Science GroupSchool of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), University of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic DevelopmentTrisaia Research CentreRotondella (Matera)75026Italy
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- Department of BiosciencesUniversità degli Studi di MilanoVia Celoria 26Milan20133Italy
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- Department of BiosciencesUniversità degli Studi di MilanoVia Celoria 26Milan20133Italy
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- Plant Science GroupSchool of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), University of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Department of BiosciencesUniversità degli Studi di MilanoVia Celoria 26Milan20133Italy
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- Plant Science GroupSchool of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), University of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research CentreUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG61 1QHUK
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- Plant Science GroupSchool of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), University of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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Fang W, Fasano C, Perrella G. Unlocking the Secret to Higher Crop Yield: The Potential for Histone Modifications. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1712. [PMID: 37111933 PMCID: PMC10144255 DOI: 10.3390/plants12081712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Histone modifications are epigenetic mechanisms, termed relative to genetics, and they refer to the induction of heritable changes without altering the DNA sequence. It is widely known that DNA sequences precisely modulate plant phenotypes to adapt them to the changing environment; however, epigenetic mechanisms also greatly contribute to plant growth and development by altering chromatin status. An increasing number of recent studies have elucidated epigenetic regulations on improving plant growth and adaptation, thus making contributions to the final yield. In this review, we summarize the recent advances of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms underlying crop flowering efficiency, fruit quality, and adaptation to environmental stimuli, especially to abiotic stress, to ensure crop improvement. In particular, we highlight the major discoveries in rice and tomato, which are two of the most globally consumed crops. We also describe and discuss the applications of epigenetic approaches in crop breeding programs.
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- Weiwei Fang
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, MI, Italy;
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- Trisaia Research Center, Italian National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Sustainable Economic Develoment, (ENEA), 75026 Rotondella, MT, Italy;
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, MI, Italy;
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Xiong L, Zhou W, Mas P. Illuminating the Arabidopsis circadian epigenome: Dynamics of histone acetylation and deacetylation. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 69:102268. [PMID: 35921796 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The circadian clock generates rhythms in biological processes including plant development and metabolism. Light synchronizes the circadian clock with the day and night cycle and also triggers developmental transitions such as germination, or flowering. The circadian and light signaling pathways are closely interconnected and understanding their mechanisms of action and regulation requires the integration of both pathways in their complexity. Here, we provide a glimpse into how chromatin remodeling lies at the interface of the circadian and light signaling regulation. We focus on histone acetylation/deacetylation and the generation of permissive or repressive states for transcription. Several chromatin remodelers intervene in both pathways, suggesting that interaction with specific transcription factors might specify the proper timing or light-dependent responses. Deciphering the repertoire of chromatin remodelers and their interacting transcription factors will provide a view on the circadian and light-dependent epigenetic landscape amenable for mechanistic studies and timely regulation of transcription in plants.
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- Lu Xiong
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Bianchetti R, Bellora N, de Haro LA, Zuccarelli R, Rosado D, Freschi L, Rossi M, Bermudez L. Phytochrome-Mediated Light Perception Affects Fruit Development and Ripening Through Epigenetic Mechanisms. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:870974. [PMID: 35574124 PMCID: PMC9096621 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.870974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phytochrome (PHY)-mediated light and temperature perception has been increasingly implicated as important regulator of fruit development, ripening, and nutritional quality. Fruit ripening is also critically regulated by chromatin remodeling via DNA demethylation, though the molecular basis connecting epigenetic modifications in fruits and environmental cues remains largely unknown. Here, to unravel whether the PHY-dependent regulation of fruit development involves epigenetic mechanisms, an integrative analysis of the methylome, transcriptome and sRNAome of tomato fruits from phyA single and phyB1B2 double mutants was performed in immature green (IG) and breaker (BK) stages. The transcriptome analysis showed that PHY-mediated light perception regulates more genes in BK than in the early stages of fruit development (IG) and that PHYB1B2 has a more substantial impact than PHYA in the fruit transcriptome, in both analyzed stages. The global profile of methylated cytosines revealed that both PHYA and PHYB1B2 affect the global methylome, but PHYB1B2 has a greater impact on ripening-associated methylation reprogramming across gene-rich genomic regions in tomato fruits. Remarkably, promoters of master ripening-associated transcription factors (TF) (RIN, NOR, CNR, and AP2a) and key carotenoid biosynthetic genes (PSY1, PDS, ZISO, and ZDS) remained highly methylated in phyB1B2 from the IG to BK stage. The positional distribution and enrichment of TF binding sites were analyzed over the promoter region of the phyB1B2 DEGs, exposing an overrepresentation of binding sites for RIN as well as the PHY-downstream effectors PIFs and HY5/HYH. Moreover, phyA and phyB1B2 mutants showed a positive correlation between the methylation level of sRNA cluster-targeted genome regions in gene bodies and mRNA levels. The experimental evidence indicates that PHYB1B2 signal transduction is mediated by a gene expression network involving chromatin organization factors (DNA methylases/demethylases, histone-modifying enzymes, and remodeling factors) and transcriptional regulators leading to altered mRNA profile of ripening-associated genes. This new level of understanding provides insights into the orchestration of epigenetic mechanisms in response to environmental cues affecting agronomical traits.
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- Ricardo Bianchetti
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Nuclear Technologies for Health (Intecnus), National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), CICVyA, INTA-CONICET, Castelar, Argentina
- Cátedra de Genética, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Tian C, Zhang Z, Huang Y, Xu J, Liu Z, Xiang Z, Zhao F, Xue J, Xue T, Duan Y. Functional characterization of the Pinellia ternata cytoplasmic class II small heat shock protein gene PtsHSP17.2 via promoter analysis and overexpression in tobacco. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 177:1-9. [PMID: 35219190 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High temperature is one of the main abiotic factors limiting agricultural production, particularly for heat-sensitive plant species. Small heat-shock proteins contribute substantially to alleviating damage to plants caused by heat stress. In the present study, the heat shock protein gene PtsHSP17.2 from Pinellia ternata was functionally characterized through promoter analysis and its overexpression in tobacco. Respectively, relative expression using real-time RT-PCR and ex situ promoter activity assay indicated that PtsHSP17.2 is strongly inducible under heat stress, and in silico promoter analysis discovered multiple stress-related cis elements including heat shock element. When overexpressing PtsHSP17.2 in tobacco, the thermotolerance of transgenic plants was markedly enhanced. Furthermore, the transgenic tobacco plants exhibited less variation in chlorophyll content, relative electrolyte leakage, and malondialdehyde content under heat stress compared with wild-type (WT) plants. The activities of antioxidant enzymes and content of proline were significantly enhanced under heat stress in transgenic plants relative to WT plants. Transgenic plants also had enhanced water retention and increased antioxidative capacity. Further, the expression levels of genes encoding antioxidant enzymes were more highly induced by heat stress in transgenic lines than WT. These results enrich the current understanding of thermal adaptation of heat-sensitive plant species and encourage further genetic improvement.
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- Chen Tian
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Featured Resource Plants, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui, 235000, PR China.
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Kumar S, Kaur S, Seem K, Kumar S, Mohapatra T. Understanding 3D Genome Organization and Its Effect on Transcriptional Gene Regulation Under Environmental Stress in Plant: A Chromatin Perspective. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:774719. [PMID: 34957106 PMCID: PMC8692796 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.774719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The genome of a eukaryotic organism is comprised of a supra-molecular complex of chromatin fibers and intricately folded three-dimensional (3D) structures. Chromosomal interactions and topological changes in response to the developmental and/or environmental stimuli affect gene expression. Chromatin architecture plays important roles in DNA replication, gene expression, and genome integrity. Higher-order chromatin organizations like chromosome territories (CTs), A/B compartments, topologically associating domains (TADs), and chromatin loops vary among cells, tissues, and species depending on the developmental stage and/or environmental conditions (4D genomics). Every chromosome occupies a separate territory in the interphase nucleus and forms the top layer of hierarchical structure (CTs) in most of the eukaryotes. While the A and B compartments are associated with active (euchromatic) and inactive (heterochromatic) chromatin, respectively, having well-defined genomic/epigenomic features, TADs are the structural units of chromatin. Chromatin architecture like TADs as well as the local interactions between promoter and regulatory elements correlates with the chromatin activity, which alters during environmental stresses due to relocalization of the architectural proteins. Moreover, chromatin looping brings the gene and regulatory elements in close proximity for interactions. The intricate relationship between nucleotide sequence and chromatin architecture requires a more comprehensive understanding to unravel the genome organization and genetic plasticity. During the last decade, advances in chromatin conformation capture techniques for unravelling 3D genome organizations have improved our understanding of genome biology. However, the recent advances, such as Hi-C and ChIA-PET, have substantially increased the resolution, throughput as well our interest in analysing genome organizations. The present review provides an overview of the historical and contemporary perspectives of chromosome conformation capture technologies, their applications in functional genomics, and the constraints in predicting 3D genome organization. We also discuss the future perspectives of understanding high-order chromatin organizations in deciphering transcriptional regulation of gene expression under environmental stress (4D genomics). These might help design the climate-smart crop to meet the ever-growing demands of food, feed, and fodder.
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- Suresh Kumar
- Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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2D morphometric analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei reveals characteristic profiles of different cell types and accessions. Chromosome Res 2021; 30:5-24. [PMID: 34665365 PMCID: PMC8942920 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-021-09673-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Functional changes of cells upon developmental switches and in response to environmental cues are often reflected in nuclear phenotypes, showing distinctive chromatin states corresponding to transcriptional changes. Such characteristic nuclear shapes have been microscopically monitored and can be quantified after differential staining of euchromatin and heterochromatin domains. Here, we examined several nuclear parameters (size, DNA content, DNA density, chromatin compaction, relative heterochromatin fraction (RHF), and number of chromocenters) in relation to spatial distribution of genes and transposon elements (TEs), using standard 2D fluorescence microscopy. We provide nuclear profiles for different cell types and different accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. A variable, yet significant, fraction of TEs was found outside chromocenters in all cell types, except for guard cells. The latter cell type features nuclei with the highest level of chromatin compaction, while their chromocenters seem to contain gene-rich regions. The highest number of parameter correlations was found in the accession Cvi, whereas Ler showed only few correlations. This may point at differences in phenotype robustness between accessions. The significantly high association of NOR chromocenters in accessions Ws and Cvi corresponds to their low RHF level.
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Bhadouriya SL, Mehrotra S, Basantani MK, Loake GJ, Mehrotra R. Role of Chromatin Architecture in Plant Stress Responses: An Update. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 11:603380. [PMID: 33510748 PMCID: PMC7835326 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.603380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Sessile plants possess an assembly of signaling pathways that perceive and transmit environmental signals, ultimately resulting in transcriptional reprogramming. Histone is a key feature of chromatin structure. Numerous histone-modifying proteins act under different environmental stress conditions to help modulate gene expression. DNA methylation and histone modification are crucial for genome reprogramming for tissue-specific gene expression and global gene silencing. Different classes of chromatin remodelers including SWI/SNF, ISWI, INO80, and CHD are reported to act upon chromatin in different organisms, under diverse stresses, to convert chromatin from a transcriptionally inactive to a transcriptionally active state. The architecture of chromatin at a given promoter is crucial for determining the transcriptional readout. Further, the connection between somatic memory and chromatin modifications may suggest a mechanistic basis for a stress memory. Studies have suggested that there is a functional connection between changes in nuclear organization and stress conditions. In this review, we discuss the role of chromatin architecture in different stress responses and the current evidence on somatic, intergenerational, and transgenerational stress memory.
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- Sneha Lata Bhadouriya
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Sancoale, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Sancoale, India
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- Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburg, Edinburg, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Sancoale, India
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Perrella G, Zioutopoulou A, Hamilton A, Kaiserli E. Photobody Detection Using Immunofluorescence and Super-Resolution Imaging in Arabidopsis. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2297:7-19. [PMID: 33656665 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1370-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Light triggers changes in plant nuclear architecture to control differentiation, adaptation, and growth. A series of genetic, molecular, and imaging approaches have revealed that the nucleus forms a hub for photo-induced protein interactions and gene regulatory events. However, the mechanism and function of light-induced nuclear compartmentalization is still unclear. This chapter provides detailed experimental protocols for examining the morphology and potential functional significance of light signaling components that localize in light-induced subnuclear domains, also known as photobodies. We describe how immunolabeling of endogenous proteins and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) could be combined with confocal imaging of fluorescently tagged proteins to assess co-localization in Arabidopsis nuclei. Furthermore, we employ a super-resolution imaging approach to study the morphology of photobodies at unprecedented detail.
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- Giorgio Perrella
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.,ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Trisaia Research Center, Rotondella, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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Ouyang W, Xiong D, Li G, Li X. Unraveling the 3D Genome Architecture in Plants: Present and Future. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:1676-1693. [PMID: 33065269 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The eukaryotic genome has a hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) organization with functional implications for DNA replication, DNA repair, and transcriptional regulation. Over the past decade, scientists have endeavored to elucidate the spatial characteristics and functions of plant genome architecture using high-throughput chromatin conformation capturing technologies such as Hi-C, ChIA-PET, and HiChIP. Here, we systematically review current understanding of chromatin organization in plants at multiple scales. We also discuss the emerging opinions and concepts in 3D genome research, focusing on state-of-the-art 3D genome techniques, RNA-chromatin interactions, liquid-liquid phase separation, and dynamic chromatin alterations. We propose the application of single-cell/single-molecule multi-omics, multiway (DNA-DNA, DNA-RNA, and RNA-RNA interactions) chromatin conformation capturing methods, and proximity ligation-independent 3D genome-mapping technologies to explore chromatin organization structure and function in plants. Such methods could reveal the spatial interactions between trait-related SNPs and their target genes at various spatiotemporal resolutions, and elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the interactions among DNA elements, RNA molecules, and protein factors during the formation of key traits in plants.
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- Weizhi Ouyang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics and Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Agricultural Big Data, 3D Genomics Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Okamoto S, Negishi K, Toyama Y, Ushijima T, Morohashi K. Leaf Trichome Distribution Pattern in Arabidopsis Reveals Gene Expression Variation Associated with Environmental Adaptation. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9070909. [PMID: 32709158 PMCID: PMC7412270 DOI: 10.3390/plants9070909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gene expression varies stochastically even in both heterogenous and homogeneous cell populations. This variation is not simply useless noise; rather, it is important for many biological processes. Unicellular organisms or cultured cell lines are useful for analyzing the variation in gene expression between cells; however, owing to technical challenges, the biological relevance of this variation in multicellular organisms such as higher plants remain unclear. Here, we addressed the biological relevance of this variation between cells by examining the genetic basis of trichome distribution patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana. The distribution pattern of a trichome on a leaf is stochastic and can be mathematically represented using Turing’s reaction-diffusion (RD) model. We analyzed simulations based on the RD model and found that the variability in the trichome distribution pattern increased with the increase in stochastic variation in a particular gene expression. Moreover, differences in heat-dependent variability of the trichome distribution pattern between the accessions showed a strong correlation with environmental factors to which each accession was adapted. Taken together, we successfully visualized variations in gene expression by quantifying the variability in the Arabidopsis trichome distribution pattern. Thus, our data provide evidence for the biological importance of variations in gene expression for environmental adaptation.
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- Shotaro Okamoto
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; (S.O.); (K.N.); (Y.T.)
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; (S.O.); (K.N.); (Y.T.)
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; (S.O.); (K.N.); (Y.T.)
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- Department of Mathematics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan;
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- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; (S.O.); (K.N.); (Y.T.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +1-614-407-6676
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Jarad M, Antoniou-Kourounioti R, Hepworth J, Qüesta JI. Unique and contrasting effects of light and temperature cues on plant transcriptional programs. Transcription 2020; 11:134-159. [PMID: 33016207 PMCID: PMC7714439 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2020.1820299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Plants have adapted to tolerate and survive constantly changing environmental conditions by reprogramming gene expression in response to stress or to drive developmental transitions. Among the many signals that plants perceive, light and temperature are of particular interest due to their intensely fluctuating nature which is combined with a long-term seasonal trend. Whereas specific receptors are key in the light-sensing mechanism, the identity of plant thermosensors for high and low temperatures remains far from fully addressed. This review aims at discussing common as well as divergent characteristics of gene expression regulation in plants, controlled by light and temperature. Light and temperature signaling control the abundance of specific transcription factors, as well as the dynamics of co-transcriptional processes such as RNA polymerase elongation rate and alternative splicing patterns. Additionally, sensing both types of cues modulates gene expression by altering the chromatin landscape and through the induction of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). However, while light sensing is channeled through dedicated receptors, temperature can broadly affect chemical reactions inside plant cells. Thus, direct thermal modifications of the transcriptional machinery add another level of complexity to plant transcriptional regulation. Besides the rapid transcriptome changes that follow perception of environmental signals, plant developmental transitions and acquisition of stress tolerance depend on long-term maintenance of transcriptional states (active or silenced genes). Thus, the rapid transcriptional response to the signal (Phase I) can be distinguished from the long-term memory of the acquired transcriptional state (Phase II - remembering the signal). In this review we discuss recent advances in light and temperature signal perception, integration and memory in Arabidopsis thaliana, focusing on transcriptional regulation and highlighting the contrasting and unique features of each type of cue in the process.
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- Mai Jarad
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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Pontvianne F, Liu C. Chromatin domains in space and their functional implications. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 54:1-10. [PMID: 31881292 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Genome organization displays functional compartmentalization. Many factors, including epigenetic modifications, transcription factors, chromatin remodelers, and RNAs, shape chromatin domains and the three-dimensional genome organization. Various types of chromatin domains with distinct epigenetic and spatial features exhibit different transcriptional activities. As part of the efforts to better understand plant functional genomics, over the past a few years, spatial distribution patterns of plant chromatin domains have been brought to light. In this review, we discuss chromatin domains associated with the nuclear periphery and the nucleolus, as well as chromatin domains staying in proximity and showing physical interactions. The functional implication of these domains is discussed, with a particular focus on the transcriptional regulation and replication timing. Finally, from a biophysical point of view, we discuss potential roles of liquid-liquid phase separation in plant nuclei in the genesis and maintenance of spatial chromatin domains.
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- Frédéric Pontvianne
- CNRS, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, LGDP, UMR 5096, Perpignan 66860, France; UPVD, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes (LGDP), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, LGDP, UMR 5096, Perpignan 66860, France.
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, Tübingen 72076, Germany.
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Ronald J, Davis SJ. Focusing on the nuclear and subnuclear dynamics of light and circadian signalling. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:2871-2884. [PMID: 31369151 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Circadian clocks provide organisms the ability to synchronize their internal physiological responses with the external environment. This process, termed entrainment, occurs through the perception of internal and external stimuli. As with other organisms, in plants, the perception of light is a critical for the entrainment and sustainment of circadian rhythms. Red, blue, far-red, and UV-B light are perceived by the oscillator through the activity of photoreceptors. Four classes of photoreceptors signal to the oscillator: phytochromes, cryptochromes, UVR8, and LOV-KELCH domain proteins. In most cases, these photoreceptors localize to the nucleus in response to light and can associate to subnuclear structures to initiate downstream signalling. In this review, we will highlight the recent advances made in understanding the mechanisms facilitating the nuclear and subnuclear localization of photoreceptors and the role these subnuclear bodies have in photoreceptor signalling, including to the oscillator. We will also highlight recent progress that has been made in understanding the regulation of the nuclear and subnuclear localization of components of the plant circadian clock.
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- James Ronald
- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5DD, York, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5DD, York, UK
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Bourbousse C, Barneche F, Laloi C. Plant Chromatin Catches the Sun. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1728. [PMID: 32038692 PMCID: PMC6992579 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plants use solar radiation as energy source for photosynthesis. They also take advantage of the information provided by the varying properties of sunlight, such as wavelength, orientation, and periodicity, to trigger physiological and developmental adaptations to a changing environment. After more than a century of research efforts in plant photobiology, multiple light signaling pathways converging onto chromatin-based mechanisms have now been identified, which in some instances play critical roles in plant phenotypic plasticity. In addition to locus-specific changes linked to transcription regulation, light signals impact higher-order chromatin organization. Here, we summarize current knowledge on how light can affect the global composition and the spatial distribution of chromatin domains. We introduce emerging questions on the functional links between light signaling and the epigenome, and further discuss how different chromatin regulatory layers may interconnect during plant adaptive responses to light.
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- Clara Bourbousse
- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Clara Bourbousse, ; Fredy Barneche,
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, France
- *Correspondence: Clara Bourbousse, ; Fredy Barneche,
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, Luminy Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, Marseille, France
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Tognacca RS, Servi L, Hernando CE, Saura-Sanchez M, Yanovsky MJ, Petrillo E, Botto JF. Alternative Splicing Regulation During Light-Induced Germination of Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1076. [PMID: 31552074 PMCID: PMC6746916 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Seed dormancy and germination are relevant processes for a successful seedling establishment in the field. Light is one of the most important environmental factors involved in the relief of dormancy to promote seed germination. In Arabidopsis thaliana seeds, phytochrome photoreceptors tightly regulate gene expression at different levels. The contribution of alternative splicing (AS) regulation in the photocontrol of seed germination is still unknown. The aim of this work is to study gene expression modulated by light during germination of A. thaliana seeds, with focus on AS changes. Hence, we evaluated transcriptome-wide changes in stratified seeds irradiated with a pulse of red (Rp) or far-red (FRp) by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Our results show that the Rp changes the expression of ∼20% of the transcriptome and modifies the AS pattern of 226 genes associated with mRNA processing, RNA splicing, and mRNA metabolic processes. We further confirmed these effects for some of the affected AS events. Interestingly, the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses show that the Rp modulates the AS of splicing-related factors (At-SR30, At-RS31a, At-RS31, and At-U2AF65A), a light-signaling component (At-PIF6), and a dormancy-related gene (At-DRM1). Furthermore, while the phytochrome B (phyB) is responsible for the AS pattern changes of At-U2AF65A and At-PIF6, the regulation of the other AS events is independent of this photoreceptor. We conclude that (i) Rp triggers AS changes in some splicing factors, light-signaling components, and dormancy/germination regulators; (ii) phyB modulates only some of these AS events; and (iii) AS events are regulated by R and FR light, but this regulation is not directly associated with the intensity of germination response. These data will help in boosting research in the splicing field and our understanding about the role of this mechanism during the photocontrol of seed germination.
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- Rocío Soledad Tognacca
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular and CONICET-UBA, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular and CONICET-UBA, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular and CONICET-UBA, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Ezequiel Petrillo, ; Javier Francisco Botto,
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA), Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Ezequiel Petrillo, ; Javier Francisco Botto,
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