title: Regulating DNA replication in plants.
abstract: Chromosomal DNA replication in plants has requirements and constraints similar to those in other eukaryotes. However, some aspects are plant-specific. Studies of DNA replication control in plants, which have unique developmental strategies, can offer unparalleled opportunities of comparing regulatory processes with yeast and, particularly, metazoa to identify common trends and basic rules. In addition to the comparative molecular and biochemical studies, genomic studies in plants that started with Arabidopsis thaliana in the year 2000 have now expanded to several dozens of species. This, together with the applicability of genomic approaches and the availability of a large collection of mutants, underscores the enormous potential to study DNA replication control in a whole developing organism. Recent advances in this field with particular focus on the DNA replication proteins, the nature of replication origins and their epigenetic landscape, and the control of endoreplication will be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa," CSIC-UAM, Nicolas Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria de la Paz
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Celina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costas
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sequeira-Mendes
authors.forename: Crisanto
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000502:physiology*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018741:Replication Origin / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins