HSFA2 orchestrates transcriptional dynamics after heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcription. 2016 Aug 7;7(4):111-4. doi: 10.1080/21541264.2016.1187550. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Abstract

In nature, stress is typically chronic or recurring and stress exposure can prime modified responses to recurring stress. Such stress priming may occur at the level of transcription. Here, we discuss the connection between plant stress memory, transcription, and chromatin modifications using the example of recurring heat stress.

Keywords: H3K4 methylation; Heat Shock Transcription Factor; heat stress; priming; transcriptional memory.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Heat Shock Transcription Factors
  • Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • Heat-Shock Response / genetics*
  • Histones
  • Methylation
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • HSFA2 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Heat Shock Transcription Factors
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Histones
  • Plant Proteins
  • Transcription Factors