AUTHOR=Chen Dong-Hong , Huang Yong , Jiang Changhua , Si Jin-Ping 

TITLE=Chromatin-Based Regulation of Plant Root Development

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01509

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2018.01509

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=<p>Plant is endowed with sessile habit and nutrient acquisition mainly through the root organ, which also provides an excellent model to study stem cell fate and asymmetric division due to well-organized cell layers and relatively simple cell types in root meristem. Besides genetic material DNA wrapped around histone octamer, chromatin structure determined by chromatin modification including DNA methylation, histone modification and chromatin remodeling also contributes greatly to the regulation of gene expression. In this review, we summarize the current progresses on the molecular mechanisms of chromatin modification in regulating root development.</p>