title: Epigenetic responses to stress: triple defense?
abstract: Stressful conditions for plants can originate from numerous physical, chemical and biological factors, and plants have developed a plethora of survival strategies including developmental and morphological adaptations, specific signaling and defense pathways as well as innate and acquired immunity. While it has become clear in recent years that many stress responses involve epigenetic components, we are far from understanding the mechanisms and molecular interactions. Extending our knowledge is fundamental, not least for plant breeding and conservation biology. This review will highlight recent insights into epigenetic stress responses at the level of signaling, chromatin modification, and potentially heritable consequences.
authors.affiliation: Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutzat
authors.forename: Ortrun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mittelsten Scheid
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D008957:Models, Genetic; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics*; D013312:Stress, Physiological