title: Epigenetic mechanisms of plant stress responses and adaptation.
abstract: Epigenetics has become one of the hottest topics of research in plant functional genomics since it appears promising in deciphering and imparting stress-adaptive potential in crops and other plant species. Recently, numerous studies have provided new insights into the epigenetic control of stress adaptation. Epigenetic control of stress-induced phenotypic response of plants involves gene regulation. Growing evidence suggest that methylation of DNA in response to stress leads to the variation in phenotype. Transposon mobility, siRNA-mediated methylation and host methyltransferase activation have been implicated in this process. This review presents the current status of epigenetics of plant stress responses with a view to use this knowledge towards engineering plants for stress tolerance.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110 067, India.
authors.forename: Pranav Pankaj
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sahu
authors.forename: Garima
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Namisha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puranik
authors.forename: Mehanathan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muthamilarasan
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*