About this Research Topic
Genomic DNA in eukaryotes, including plants, is packaged in a nucleoprotein complex called chromatin, namely euchromatin and heterochromatin. Compared to euchromatin, heterochromatin is a highly condensed and less accessible form of chromatin. Accessibility to genomic DNA is executed by different epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, and histone modifications that influence gene expression and control a complex interaction between the various checkpoints involved in the processes of transcript biosynthesis, editing and processing. This gene expression regulation is crucial for the control of many living processes in eukaryotic organisms, especially plants which are sessile organisms perpetually bound to their place of germination.
The cellular or tissue diversification in higher eukaryotes is the result of a tissue specific expression of different transcripts and proteins from the same gene. In Arabidopsis, approximately 40-60% of expressed genes have an alternative transcripts form. During plant development or stress response the same gene can be differently expressed and edited in a tissue specific manner. Furthermore, transcripts from these genes may be edited in a tissue-specific manner, undergoing alternative splicing events or posttranscriptional RNA modification. There is evidence of a complicated interrelation between epigenetic modifications, alternative RNA processing and RNA posttranscriptional modification. Crosstalk between epigenetic, epi-transcriptomic and RNA alternative processes in plants has profound impact on their physiological, developmental and stress response processes.
The goal of this topic is to show how different genes, proteins and non-coding RNA’s are involved in tissue specific regulation of processes such as epigenetic, epitranscritpomic and alternative RNA processing during development and stress response. The fundamental question is how they can influence the gene expression, the processes of transcript biosynthesis, transcript’s editing or processing in tissue specific manner? Ultimately, the focus of this research topic is to shed new light on the crosstalk between epigenetic, epitranscriptomic and alternative RNA process and its role in the regulation of tissue specific gene expression during development and various stress response as well as to present the development of new methods to establish the epigenomic and epitranscriptomic modifications.
There are welcome original research papers or review including contributions in themes such as:
-Alternative transcription and splicing during development or stress response
-Posttranscriptional RNA modifications and their biological roles
-Epigenetic regulation of developmental and stress response processes
- Crosstalk between epigenetic, alternative transcription and epi-transcription processes in various aspects of plant biology
We welcome original research papers, reviews and the methodology articles on the following themes:
- Alternative transcription and splicing during development or stress response
- Posttranscriptional RNA modifications and their biological roles.-Epigenetic regulation of developmental and stress response processes
- Crosstalk between epigenetic, alternative transcription and epi-transcription processes in various aspects of plant biology
The cellular or tissue diversification in higher eukaryotes is the result of a tissue specific expression of different transcripts and proteins from the same gene. In Arabidopsis, approximately 40-60% of expressed genes have an alternative transcripts form. During plant development or stress response the same gene can be differently expressed and edited in a tissue specific manner. Furthermore, transcripts from these genes may be edited in a tissue-specific manner, undergoing alternative splicing events or posttranscriptional RNA modification. There is evidence of a complicated interrelation between epigenetic modifications, alternative RNA processing and RNA posttranscriptional modification. Crosstalk between epigenetic, epi-transcriptomic and RNA alternative processes in plants has profound impact on their physiological, developmental and stress response processes.
The goal of this topic is to show how different genes, proteins and non-coding RNA’s are involved in tissue specific regulation of processes such as epigenetic, epitranscritpomic and alternative RNA processing during development and stress response. The fundamental question is how they can influence the gene expression, the processes of transcript biosynthesis, transcript’s editing or processing in tissue specific manner? Ultimately, the focus of this research topic is to shed new light on the crosstalk between epigenetic, epitranscriptomic and alternative RNA process and its role in the regulation of tissue specific gene expression during development and various stress response as well as to present the development of new methods to establish the epigenomic and epitranscriptomic modifications.
There are welcome original research papers or review including contributions in themes such as:
-Alternative transcription and splicing during development or stress response
-Posttranscriptional RNA modifications and their biological roles
-Epigenetic regulation of developmental and stress response processes
- Crosstalk between epigenetic, alternative transcription and epi-transcription processes in various aspects of plant biology
We welcome original research papers, reviews and the methodology articles on the following themes:
- Alternative transcription and splicing during development or stress response
- Posttranscriptional RNA modifications and their biological roles.-Epigenetic regulation of developmental and stress response processes
- Crosstalk between epigenetic, alternative transcription and epi-transcription processes in various aspects of plant biology
Keywords: gene regulation, epigenetic modification, alternative RNA processing, plant development
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