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Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization
Temperature intrinsically influences all aspects of biochemical and biophysical processes. Organisms have therefore evolved strategies to buffer themselves against thermal perturbations. Many organisms also use temperature signals as cues to align behavior and development with certain seasons. These...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7873433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.628726 |
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author | Antoniou-Kourounioti, Rea L. Zhao, Yusheng Dean, Caroline Howard, Martin |
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description | Temperature intrinsically influences all aspects of biochemical and biophysical processes. Organisms have therefore evolved strategies to buffer themselves against thermal perturbations. Many organisms also use temperature signals as cues to align behavior and development with certain seasons. These developmentally important thermosensory mechanisms have generally been studied in constant temperature conditions. However, environmental temperature is an inherently noisy signal, and it has been unclear how organisms reliably extract specific temperature cues from fluctuating temperature profiles. In this context, we discuss plant thermosensory responses, focusing on temperature sensing throughout vernalization in Arabidopsis. We highlight many different timescales of sensing, which has led to the proposal of a distributed thermosensing paradigm. Within this paradigm, we suggest a classification system for thermosensors. Finally, we focus on the longest timescale, which is most important for sensing winter, and examine the different mechanisms in which memory of cold exposure can be achieved. |
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spelling | pubmed-78734332021-02-11 Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization Antoniou-Kourounioti, Rea L. Zhao, Yusheng Dean, Caroline Howard, Martin Front Plant Sci Plant Science Temperature intrinsically influences all aspects of biochemical and biophysical processes. Organisms have therefore evolved strategies to buffer themselves against thermal perturbations. Many organisms also use temperature signals as cues to align behavior and development with certain seasons. These developmentally important thermosensory mechanisms have generally been studied in constant temperature conditions. However, environmental temperature is an inherently noisy signal, and it has been unclear how organisms reliably extract specific temperature cues from fluctuating temperature profiles. In this context, we discuss plant thermosensory responses, focusing on temperature sensing throughout vernalization in Arabidopsis. We highlight many different timescales of sensing, which has led to the proposal of a distributed thermosensing paradigm. Within this paradigm, we suggest a classification system for thermosensors. Finally, we focus on the longest timescale, which is most important for sensing winter, and examine the different mechanisms in which memory of cold exposure can be achieved. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7873433/ /pubmed/33584778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.628726 Text en Copyright © 2021 Antoniou-Kourounioti, Zhao, Dean and Howard. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Antoniou-Kourounioti, Rea L. Zhao, Yusheng Dean, Caroline Howard, Martin Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title | Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title_full | Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title_fullStr | Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title_full_unstemmed | Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title_short | Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization |
title_sort | feeling every bit of winter – distributed temperature sensitivity in vernalization |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7873433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33584778 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.628726 |
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