title: The age of multiplexity: recruitment and interactions of Polycomb complexes in plants.
abstract: Polycomb group (PcG) proteins form distinct complexes that modify chromatin by histone H3 methylation and H2A mono-ubiquitination leading to chromatin compaction and epigenetic repression of target genes. A network of PcG protein complexes, associated partners and antagonistically acting chromatin modifiers is essential to regulate developmental transitions and cell fate in all multicellular eukaryotes. In this review, we discuss insights on the subfunctionalization of PcG complexes and their modes of recruitment to target sites based on data from the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department Plant Developmental Biology, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Förderer
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department Plant Developmental Biology, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department Plant Developmental Biology, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany. Electronic address: turck@mpipz.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Franziska
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turck
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins