H3.1K27me1 loss confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome
Wang Z, Castillo-González C, Zhao C, Tong C, Li C, Zhong S, Liu Z, Xie K, Zhu J, Wu Z, Peng X, Jacob Y, Michaels S, Jacobsen S, Zhang X. H3.1K27me1 loss confers Arabidopsis resistance to Geminivirus by sequestering DNA repair proteins onto host genome. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 7484. PMID: 37980416, PMCID: PMC10657422, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43311-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA repair proteinsDNA repair pathwaysRepair pathwaysRepair proteinsWild-type plantsDefense-related genesArabidopsis resistanceHeterochromatin amplificationHeterochromatic regionsRAD51 recruitmentRep proteinGenomic instabilityHealthy plantsUnstable genomeHost genomeATXR6GeminivirusesRobust resistanceProteinViral amplificationGenomeMutantsViral DNATransposonPlants