Epigenetics: the flowers that come in from the cold.
Plants can remember periods of cold several weeks later and respond by switching from vegetative to reproductive development. Recent findings shed light on this phenomenon by showing that a gene responsible for keeping this memory encodes a member of the Polycomb group of proteins.
Köhler
Claudia
C
Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland. ckoehler@botinst.unizh.ch
Grossniklaus
Ueli
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D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C442836:VRN2 protein, Arabidopsis