ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011
Seed maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by nuclear size reduction and increased chromatin condensation.
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- Seed Longevity in Legumes: Deeper Insights Into Mechanisms and Molecular Perspectives.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
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- Replication-independent eviction of the histone variant H2B.8 reveals chromatin reprogramming during seed imbibition.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Advances in seed omics.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
- Genome-scale transcriptome augmentation during Arabidopsis thaliana photomorphogenesis.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Regulation of seed germination: ROS, epigenetic, and hormonal aspects.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Characterizations of Nuclear Organization and Chromatin Modifications in Mature Embryos from Arabidopsis Dry Seeds.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Critical radicle length window governing loss of dehydration tolerance in germinated Perilla seeds: insights from physiological and transcriptomic analyses.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Establishment of single-cell transcriptional states during seed germination.Nature plants · 2024Article
- Revealing cis- and trans-regulatory elements underlying nuclear distribution and function of the Arabidopsis histone H2B.8 variant.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Chromatin dynamics and RNA metabolism are double-edged swords for the maintenance of plant genome integrity.Nature plants · 2024Review
- Seed longevity and genome damage.Bioscience reports · 2024Review
- Interplay between coding and non-coding regulation drives the Arabidopsis seed-to-seedling transition.Nature communications · 2024Article
- NAKED ENDOSPERM1, NAKED ENDOSPERM2, and OPAQUE2 interact to regulate gene networks in maize endosperm development.The Plant cell · 2023Article
- Plant nuclear envelope as a hub connecting genome organization with regulation of gene expression.Nucleus (Austin, Tex.) · 2023Article
- A Travel through Landscapes of Seed Dormancy.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The plant nuclear lamina disassembles to regulate genome folding in stress conditions.Nature plants · 2023Article
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Abstract
Most plant species rely on seeds for their dispersal and survival under unfavorable environmental conditions. Seeds are characterized by their low moisture content and significantly reduced metabolic activities. During the maturation phase, seeds accumulate storage reserves and become desiccation-tolerant and dormant. Growth is resumed after release of dormancy and the occurrence of favorable environmental conditions. Here we show that embryonic cotyledon nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds have a significantly reduced nuclear size, which is established at the beginning of seed maturation. In addition, the chromatin of embryonic cotyledon nuclei from mature seeds is highly condensed. Nuclei regain their size and chromatin condensation level during germination. The reduction in nuclear size is controlled by the seed maturation regulator ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 3, and the increase during germination requires two predicted nuclear matrix proteins, LITTLE NUCLEI 1 and LITTLE NUCLEI 2. Our results suggest that the specific properties of nuclei in ripe seeds are an adaptation to desiccation, independent of dormancy. We conclude that the changes in nuclear size and chromatin condensation in seeds are independent, developmentally controlled processes.
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