Plant Epigenetics (RNA Technologies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319856847 ISBN 13: 9783319856841

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

​Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Rajewsky,

Berlin Inst. for Medical Systems Biology, 

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

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319856847
• ISBN 13: 9783319856841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 547
• Editor: Rajewsky Nikolaus, Jurga Stefan, Barciszewski Jan