title: Stress-induced structural changes in plant chromatin.
abstract: Stress defense in plants is elaborated at the level of protection and adaptation. Dynamic changes in sophisticated chromatin substructures and concomitant transcriptional changes play an important role in response to stress, as illustrated by the transient rearrangement of compact heterochromatin structures or the modulation of chromatin composition and modification upon stress exposure. To connect cytological, developmental, and molecular data around stress and chromatin is currently an interesting, multifaceted, and sometimes controversial field of research. This review highlights some of the most recent findings on nuclear reorganization, histone variants, histone chaperones, DNA- and histone modifications, and somatic and meiotic heritability in connection with stress.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR6293 - INSERM U1103 - Clermont University, GReD, Campus Universitaire des Cézeaux, 10 Avenue Blaise Pascal, TSA 60026, CS 60026, 63178 Aubière Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Aline V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.affiliation: Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: ortrun.mittelsten_scheid@gmi.oeaw.ac.at.
authors.forename: Ortrun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mittelsten Scheid
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D010940:Plant Proteins