Epigenetic regulation of a heat-trainable sHSP locus controls thermomemory in a unicellular alga
Elise Kerckhofs, Teresa Kowar, Martha R. Stark, Léa Faivre, Ruth Lintermann, Ana Belén Kuhlmann, Stephen D. Rader, Daniel S. P. Schubert
The paper shows that a heat-trainable sHSP locus in the unicellular alga C. merolae is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms, enabling thermomemory through histone modifications.
bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintGenetics