title: The epigenetic landscape of plants.
abstract: In plants, DNA methylation, histone modifications, and RNA interference play critically important roles in regulating chromatin structure, thereby profoundly affecting transcription and other molecular events. Recent advances in microarray and high-throughput sequencing technologies have enabled genome-wide studies of these pathways in great detail. The vast amounts of "epigenomic" data generated so far have provided new insights into the mechanisms and functions of these pathways and have broadened our understanding of the structure and organization of plant chromatin as a whole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. xiaoyu@plantbio.uga.edu
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D008745:Methylation; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering