Pires, Nuno D; Grossniklaus, Ueli (2012). How to fine-tune an epigenetic switch. Developmental Cell, 23(3):453-454.
Arabidopsis does not flower in winter because FLC represses flowering genes, but prolonged cold exposure silences FLC, allowing flowering in spring. How do plants recalibrate this switch to adapt to different climates? Reporting in Science, Coustham et al. (2012) found that tweaking a Polycomb target sequence may do the trick.
Arabidopsis does not flower in winter because FLC represses flowering genes, but prolonged cold exposure silences FLC, allowing flowering in spring. How do plants recalibrate this switch to adapt to different climates? Reporting in Science, Coustham et al. (2012) found that tweaking a Polycomb target sequence may do the trick.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, further contribution |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 07 Faculty of Science > Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
07 Faculty of Science > Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 580 Plants (Botany) |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Life Sciences > Molecular Biology
Life Sciences > General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Life Sciences > Developmental Biology Life Sciences > Cell Biology |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Deposited On: | 22 Feb 2013 14:57 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 00:08 |
| Publisher: | Cell Press (Elsevier) |
| ISSN: | 1534-5807 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Free access at: | Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply. |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2012.08.014 |
| PubMed ID: | 22975319 |
Pires, Nuno D