Geminiviruses boost active DNA demethylation for counter-defense.
Trends Microbiol
; 30(12): 1121-1124, 2022 12.
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ABSTRACT
DNA methylation regulates gene expression under abiotic and biotic stresses. Recently, Gui et al. discovered that geminiviruses subverted DNA methylation-mediated defense through boosting the active DNA demethylation mediated by host DNA glycosylases to promote viral virulence. Their findings reveal a distinctive counter-defense strategy exploited by invading pathogens to achieve successful infection.
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Geminiviridae
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En
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Trends Microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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China