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Hormonal Signaling in Plants and Animals: An Epigenetics Viewpoint

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Epigenetic Memory and Control in Plants

Part of the book series: Signaling and Communication in Plants ((SIGCOMM,volume 18))

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In the past 10 years, enormous progress has been made in elucidating the nature of plant hormone receptors. This has allowed much greater insight into the mechanisms underlying hormone-mediated effects on the level of gene expression, particularly for hormones whose main receptors are localized in the nucleus. Surprisingly, and in contrast to the case for intensively studied nuclear hormone receptors in animals, very little is known about the contribution of chromatin-based epigenetic mechanisms in conveying and integrating responses to plant hormones. Here, we examine the similarities and differences between plant and animal nuclear receptor systems with the aim of revealing analogies that could help identify possible intersections between plant hormone signaling and epigenetic mechanisms.

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  1. Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Jerzmanowski & Rafal Archacki

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland

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Jerzmanowski, A., Archacki, R. (2013). Hormonal Signaling in Plants and Animals: An Epigenetics Viewpoint. In: Grafi, G., Ohad, N. (eds) Epigenetic Memory and Control in Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35227-0_6

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