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Chromatin modification acts as a memory for systemic acquired resistance in the plant stress response.

EMBO reports ·Vol. 12 ·No. 1 ·2011-01-00 ·Pages 50-5

Jaskiewicz M, Conrath U, Peterhänsel C

Abstract

Priming of defence genes for amplified response to secondary stress can be induced by application of the plant hormone salicylic acid or its synthetic analogue acibenzolar S-methyl. In this study, we show that treatment with acibenzolar S-methyl or pathogen infection of distal leaves induce chromatin modifications on defence gene promoters that are normally found on active genes, although the genes remain inactive. This is associated with an amplified gene response on challenge exposure to stress. Mutant analyses reveal a tight correlation between histone modification patterns and gene priming. The data suggest a histone memory for information storage in the plant stress response.

MeSH Terms
Acetylation Arabidopsis/genetics,microbiology,physiology Chromatin/chemistry,metabolism Histones/metabolism Methylation Plant Immunity Plant Leaves/microbiology,physiology Pseudomonas syringae Stress, Physiological Thiadiazoles/pharmacology Transcription Factors/genetics Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
Chromatin Histones Thiadiazoles Transcription Factors S-methyl benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioate
Authors & Affiliations
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Jaskiewicz Michal
Department of Botany, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University, Aachen 52056, Germany.
Conrath Uwe
Peterhänsel Christoph
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Article Info
Journal
EMBO reports
Abbr.
EMBO Rep
ISSN
1469-3178
DOI
10.1038/embor.2010.186
Published
2011-01-00
Epub
2010-00-03
Pages
50-5
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100963049
PMCID
PMC3024125
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.186 PMC Full Text View journal details
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