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The ArabidopsisSWI/SNF protein BAF60 mediates seedling growth control by modulating DNA accessibility
- Source :
- Genome Biology; December 2017, Vol. 18 Issue: 1 p1-16, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Plant adaptive responses to changing environments involve complex molecular interplays between intrinsic and external signals. Whilst much is known on the signaling components mediating diurnal, light, and temperature controls on plant development, their influence on chromatin-based transcriptional controls remains poorly explored. In this study we show that a SWI/SNF chromatin remodeler subunit, BAF60, represses seedling growth by modulating DNA accessibility of hypocotyl cell size regulatory genes. BAF60 binds nucleosome-free regions of multiple G box-containing genes, opposing in cisthe promoting effect of the photomorphogenic and thermomorphogenic regulator Phytochrome Interacting Factor 4 (PIF4) on hypocotyl elongation. Furthermore, BAF60expression level is regulated in response to light and daily rhythms. These results unveil a short path between a chromatin remodeler and a signaling component to fine-tune plant morphogenesis in response to environmental conditions.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14747596 and 1474760X
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Genome Biology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs42563970
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1246-7