title: Epigenetic regulation of rice flowering and reproduction.
abstract: Current understanding of the epigenetic regulator roles in plant growth and development has largely derived from studies in the dicotyledonous model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important food crops in the world and has more recently becoming a monocotyledonous model plant in functional genomics research. During the past few years, an increasing number of studies have reported the impact of DNA methylation, non-coding RNAs and histone modifications on transcription regulation, flowering time control, and reproduction in rice. Here, we review these studies to provide an updated complete view about chromatin modifiers characterized in rice and in particular on their roles in epigenetic regulation of flowering time, reproduction, and seed development.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, International Associated Laboratory of CNRS-Fudan-HUNAU on Plant Epigenome Research, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai, China ; CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France.
authors: Jinlei
authors: J
authors: Shi
authors: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, International Associated Laboratory of CNRS-Fudan-HUNAU on Plant Epigenome Research, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai, China.
authors: Aiwu
authors: A
authors: Dong
authors: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, International Associated Laboratory of CNRS-Fudan-HUNAU on Plant Epigenome Research, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University Shanghai, China ; CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France.
authors: Wen-Hui
authors: WH
authors: Shen
keywords: DNA methylation; Oryza sativa; chromatin; epigenetics; flowering time; histone modification; non-coding RNA; reproduction