Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41606643›Full record

ArticleGenome biology2026

3D epigenome architecture orchestrates cis and trans regulation of flowering time in rice.

Yue Li, Zhanyi Zhang, Leilei Qiu, Ruiqin Zheng, Hongmeijuan Li, Zhilin Cao, Minrong Guo, Shuangqi Wang, Liang Xie, Pengpeng Guan and 14 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Genome biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Yue Li *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Zhanyi Zhang *Institute of Crop Germplasm Resource, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
Leilei Qiu *State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361000, China.
Ruiqin ZhengNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Hongmeijuan LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Zhilin CaoDepartment of Resources and Environment, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou, 451191, China.
Minrong GuoNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Shuangqi WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Liang XieState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
Pengpeng GuanNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Xingyu HuangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Cuicui ShenNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Hong WuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Wenjun LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Weizhi OuyangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Ying ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Guoting ChenNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Mohamed FodaNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jiapei YanNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Changyin WuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Xinhao OuyangState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361000, China. ouyangxinhao@xmu.edu.cn.
Guoliang LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. guoliang.li@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Yongzhong XingNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. yzxing@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Xingwang LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. xingwangli@mail.hzau.edu.cn.

Funding

Biological Breeding-National Science and Technology Major Project 2023ZD04076China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022T150245, 2022M711264Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Hubei Province 590320103Development funds of the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement WHGZ2321Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2662024SKPY002, 2662023SKQD002Hubei Hongshan Laboratory Start Fund 2023HSQD002Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars Project 2025AFB377Hubei Provincial Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Cultivation Program 2024HBBHCXB031National Key Research and Development Program of Hubei Province 2022BBA54National Natural Science Foundation of China 32470669, 32200424Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF GZC20240563, GZC20240554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTrimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) confers a repressive chromatin state and is dynamically deposited and removed to regulate gene expression throughout plant growth and development. Nevertheless, the three-dimensional epigenome architecture linked to H3K27me3 and its regulatory role in controlling rice development remain unclear.

resultsHere, we employ long-read ChIA-PET to map the genome topology associated with H3K27me3 in rice, identifying hundreds of repressive chromatin spatial clusters within chromosomes. The T-DNA insertional mutagenesis of EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2b (OsEMF2b) leads to disruption of H3K27me3-associated chromatin interaction networks. Notably, we discover that the three key flowering time loci, Early heading date 1 (Ehd1) and Heading date 3a (Hd3a)/Rice Flowering Locus T1 (RFT1) form an inter-chromosomal repressive chromatin spatial cluster as a cis-interaction hub. Further investigation reveals that Ghd7, Ghd8, and Hd1 undergo liquid-liquid phase separation and bind to Ehd1-Hd3a/RFT1 repressive chromatin spatial cluster as trans flowering regulators.

conclusionOur findings elucidate a multi-dimensional topological framework of H3K27me3-associated loci in rice and identify a spatial flowering gene cluster regulated by the phase-separated repressor complex of Ghd7, Ghd8, and Hd1. These results expand our knowledge of the structural basis of the three-dimensional genome governing the transcriptional coordination of florigens in rice.

Indexed as

EpigenomeFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantOryzaChromatinHistonesPlant ProteinsChromatinHistonesPlant ProteinsChIA-PETEpigenomeFloweringH3K27me3LLPS

Identifiers

PMID41606643
PMCPMC12930761

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.