The LEAFY floral regulator displays pioneer transcription factor properties
X. Lai, R. Blanc-Mathieu, L. GrandVuillemin, Y. Huang, A. Stigliani, J. Lucas, E. Thevenon, J. Loue-Manifel, H. Daher, E. Brun-Hernandez, G. Vachon, D. Latrasse, M. Benhamed, R. Dumas, C. Zubieta, F. Parcy
This study shows that LEAFY, a floral regulator in Arabidopsis, binds both methylated and non-methylated DNA and can induce chromatin accessibility in target genes.
bioRxiv · Jan 7, 2021Plant Biology