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A chromatin remodeler and a histone chaperone help repair DNA
Fan et al. investigate the proteins involved in DNA base excision repair
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae052
By Tianyi Fan and Yan Zhu
Background: DNA bases are susceptible to damage from environmental factors such as UV light or reactive oxygen species. Base excision repair (BER) can eliminate…
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A chromatin remodeler: its role as transcriptional repressor in plant immunity
Kang et al. (2022) show that Arabidopsis CHROMATIN REMODELING 19 represses transcription and functions in plant defenses against pathogens. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab318
by Huijia Kang and Yan Zhu, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University.
Background: Plants induce defenses in response…