Epigenetics and Chromatin Modifications in Plants
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 10187
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Epigenetics and chromatin modifications play an important role in numerous biological processes, including transposable element silencing, gene regulation, response to environmental stimuli, development, and probably also in evolution. Epigenetics can be defined as the heritable patterns of phenotypic variation that cannot exclusively be explained by changes in the DNA sequence. These heritable patterns are part of a complex network of mechanisms that dynamically regulates DNA methylation. Similarly to DNA mutations, the occurrence of epigenetic variation can produce new heritable patterns that can lead to aberrant gene expression and phenotypic variation. In plants, epialleles have been identified for genes that control important traits such as flower morphology, fruit ripening, sex determination, plant size, and tissue pigmentations. Despite the fact that chromatin modifications are not always heritable, they affect important plant processes not involving DNA variations. These chromatin modifications involve biochemical changes such as histones modification. Many aspects of both epigenetics and chromatin modifications still remain unclear. Therefore, it is crucial to update our knowledge with the help of new information regarding these important biological processes.
For this Special Issue of IJMS, we invite you to submit original research reports or review articles deciphering the role of epigenetics and chromatin modifications in plants.
Dr. Raul Pirona
Guest Editor
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