Overview
- Presents recent research and new data in plant epigenetics, and characterizes and discusses all players in epigenetics: DNA methylation, RNA modification, ncRNA, chromatin modification and remodeling
- Discusses various approaches aimed at specific gene targeting to induce loss or gain of function
- Presents possible applications of epigenetics in agriculture
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: RNA Technologies (RNATECHN)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book presents, in 26 chapters, the status quo in epigenomic profiling. It discusses how functional information can be indirectly inferred and describes the new approaches that promise functional answers, collectively referred to as epigenome editing. It highlights the latest important advances in our understanding of the functions of plant epigenomics and new technologies for the study of epigenomic marks and mechanisms in plants. Topics include the deposition or removal of chromatin modifications and histone variants, the role of epigenetics in development and response to environmental signals, natural variation and ecology, as well as applications for epigenetics in crop improvement. Discussing areas ranging from the complex regulation of stress and heterosis to the precise mechanisms of DNA and histone modifications, it presents breakthroughs in our understanding of complex phenotypic phenomena.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
MaxDelbrückCenter for Molecular Medicine,
Berlin-Buch,
Germany
rajewsky@mdc-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Stefan Jurga,
Adam Mickiewicz University,
Nanobiomedical Center,
Poznań,
Poland
stjurga@amu.edu.pl
Prof. Dr. Jan Barciszewski,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry,
Poznań,
Poland
jan.barciszewski@ibch.poznan.pl
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Epigenetics
Editors: Nikolaus Rajewsky, Stefan Jurga, Jan Barciszewski
Series Title: RNA Technologies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55520-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55519-5Published: 09 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85684-1Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55520-1Published: 27 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-9731
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 536
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biotechnology