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ReviewCurrent opinion in plant biology2021

Biological role and mechanism of chromatin readers in plants.

Ray Scheid, Jiani Chen, Xuehua Zhong

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Review in Current opinion in plant biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Method for Characterizing Protein-Histone Peptide Interactions In Vitro.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  17. Structure and Mechanism of Plant DNA Methyltransferases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  19. Genome Maintenance Mechanisms at the Chromatin Level.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ray ScheidLaboratory of Genetics & Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Jiani ChenLaboratory of Genetics & Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Xuehua ZhongLaboratory of Genetics & Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: xuehua.zhong@wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM007133 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI PERNA, NICOLE T · 1985 to 2023
$16.5M
Uncovering the epigenetic codes for genome integrity, developmental and environmental interaction.R35GM124806 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI XUEHUA ZHONG · 2017 to 2026
$4.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124806NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic modifications are important gene regulatory mechanisms conserved in plants, animals, and fungi. Chromatin reader domains are protein-protein/DNA interaction modules acting within the chromatin-modifying complex to function as molecular interpreters of the epigenetic code. Understanding how reader proteins recognize specific epigenetic modifications and mediate downstream chromatin and transcriptional events is fundamental to many biological processes. Recent studies have uncovered a number of novel reader proteins with diverse functions and mechanisms in plants. Here, we provide an overview of the recent progress on reader-mark recognition modes, the mechanisms by which reader proteins influence chromatin dynamics, and how reader-chromatin interactions regulate biological function. Because of space limitations, this review focuses on reader domains in plants that specifically bind histone methylation, histone acetylation, and DNA methylation.

Indexed as

ChromatinHistonesAcetylationAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticPlantsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID33581373
PMCPMC8222062
OpenAlexW3128593672

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