BpSRK1-mediated phosphorylation of BpERF3 relieves HDA6-dependent chromatin repression to enhance drought tolerance in birch.
Drought tolerance in plants requires rapid conversion of water-deficit signals into protective transcriptional and epigenetic programs. Although ERF transcription factors (TFs) are central regulators of stress-responsive gene expression, how drought-induced kinase signaling is coupled to chromatin regulation and antiox...