Rice nucleosome patterns undergo remodeling coincident with stress-induced gene expression

• DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4397-8
• Publication Date: 2018-01-26T14:37:55Z
• Authors: Qi Zhang; Dong-Ha Oh; Sandra Feuer DiTusa; Mangu V. RamanaRao; Niranjan Baisakh; Maheshi Dassanayake; Aaron P. Smith
• Keywords: Micrococcal nuclease; SWI/SNF; Transcription

Formation of nucleosomes along eukaryotic DNA has an impact on transcription. Major transcriptional changes occur in response to low external phosphate (Pi) plants, but the involvement chromatin-level mechanisms Pi starvation responses have not been investigated.