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. 2022 Dec 13;13:7728. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35509-6

Fig. 3. H3.3 in seeds is essential for germination.

Fig. 3

a The induction of HTR5 by estrogen during imbibition. Seeds were imbibed with or without estrogen for 48 h. Values are means ± SD of three biological replicates. PP2A was used as an endogenous control for normalization. b The germination phenotype of h3.3ko/+;pER8::HTR5 progenies treated with or without estrogen during imbibition. Arrows indicate h3.3ko;pER8::HTR5 seeds that are strongly delayed in germination. c Percentages of h3.3ko;pER8::HTR5 seeds that germinated within 2 month of imbibition with or without estrogen. Values are means ± SD of three biological replicates. 50 seeds were assessed for each replicate. d Heatmap showing the transcript levels of H3.1 and H3.3-coding genes in dissected embryos at different (early/middle/late) developmental stages. DAP: day after pollination. The expression data were extracted from the published RNA-seq datasets45. e The germination phenotypes of Col, h3.3ko, and h3.3ko;pH2B.S::HTR5 after subjected to germination for 84 h. f Percentages of h3.3ko;pH2B.S::HTR5 seeds that germinated within 10 days of imbibition. Values are means ± SD of three biological replicates. At least 38 seeds were assessed for each replicate. g Metaplot of HTR5-GFP ChIP-seq signals over all genes in mature seeds, during imbibition, and in the 10-day-old seedling. TSS: transcription start sites, TES: transcription end sites. h Heatmap of HTR5-GFP ChIP-seq signals over all genes in mature seeds, during imbibition, and in the 10-day-old seedling.