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ReviewPlant cell reports2026

Epigenetic regulation under light and temperature fluctuations: chromatin remodeling and transcriptional memory in plants.

Bushra Ahmed Alhammad, Muhammad Mubashar Zafar, Shiah M Alasimi, Mahmoud F Seleiman

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Review in Plant cell reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Bushra Ahmed AlhammadBiology Department, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj Box 292, 11942, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Mubashar ZafarDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan. m.mubasharzafar@gmail.com.
Shiah M AlasimiBiology Department, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj Box 292, 11942, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mahmoud F SeleimanDepartment of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University PSAU/2025/01/37579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light and temperature are key environmental signals that regulate plant growth, development, and stress responses. To adapt to their fluctuating nature, plants employ epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding RNAs that reshape chromatin structure without altering DNA sequence. These processes convert transient environmental inputs into molecular memory, enabling rapid and reversible gene activation upon re-exposure. This review summarizes how photoreceptors (PHY, CRY, UVR8) and thermal sensors (H2A.Z, ELF3) coordinate with chromatin modifiers to regulate transcriptional states. Activating marks such as H3K4me3 and H3K27ac, along with poised RNA polymerase II, sustain transcriptional readiness, while demethylases and histone chaperones reset chromatin to restore stability after stress. Understanding this chromatin-based regulation provides a foundation for epigenetic crop improvement, offering new strategies to enhance plant resilience under increasing climatic variability.

Indexed as

Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyEpigenesis, GeneticLightPlantsTemperatureTranscription, GeneticDNA MethylationEpigenetic MemoryGene Expression Regulation, PlantHistonesHistonesChromatin remodelingDNA methylationHistone modificationsLight signalingTemperature stressTranscriptional memory

Identifiers

PMID41860716

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