Mind the gap: epigenetic regulation of chromatin accessibility in plants

J Candela-Ferre, B Diego-Martin… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Chromatin plays a crucial role in genome compaction and is fundamental for regulating
multiple nuclear processes. Nucleosomes, the basic building blocks of chromatin, are …

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 …

Combining multiplex gene editing and doubled haploid technology in maize

L Impens, CD Lorenzo, W Vandeputte… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A major advantage of using CRISPR/Cas9 for gene editing is multiplexing, that is, the
simultaneous targeting of many genes. However, primary transformants typically contain …

Direct assessment of histone function using histone replacement

ET Corcoran, Y Jacob - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Histones serve many purposes in eukaryotic cells in the regulation of diverse genomic
processes, including transcription, replication, DNA repair, and chromatin organization. As …

Simultaneous profiling of chromatin accessibility and DNA methylation in complete plant genomes using long-read sequencing

B Leduque, A Edera, C Vitte… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic regulations, including chromatin accessibility, nucleosome positioning and DNA
methylation intricately shape genome function. However, current chromatin profiling …

Maintenance and dynamic reprogramming of chromatin organization during development

L Simon, AV Probst - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled transcription of genes is critical for cell differentiation and development. Gene
expression regulation therefore involves a multilayered control from nucleosome …

Mitotic inheritance of genetic and epigenetic information via the histone H3. 1 variant

V Joly, Y Jacob - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
The replication-dependent histone H3. 1 variant, ubiquitous in multicellular eukaryotes, has
been proposed to play key roles during chromatin replication due to its unique expression …

Cryo-EM structure of DDM1-HELLS chimera bound to nucleosome reveals a mechanism of chromatin remodeling and disease regulation

W Nartey, AA Goodarzi, GJ Williams - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Human HELicase, Lymphoid Specific (HELLS), and plant homolog Deficient in DNA
Methylation 1 (DDM1), belong to a distinct class of chromatin remodelers that play important …

Plant histone variants at the nexus of chromatin readouts, stress and development

GVH Sundar, A Madhu, A Archana… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Histones are crucial proteins that are involved in packaging the DNA as condensed
chromatin inside the eukaryotic cell nucleus. Rather than being static packaging units, these …

Eight (histone H4 genes) is too much: A CRISPR/Cas9 strategy to replace highly duplicated genes with a single modified version for mutational analysis

S de Bruijn - 2022 - academic.oup.com
Histone proteins are ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells and organize all genomic DNA into
chromatin. There are four core histone proteins, H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, and two copies of …