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ArticlePLoS genetics2017

T-DNA-genome junctions form early after infection and are influenced by the chromatin state of the host genome.

Shay Shilo, Pooja Tripathi, Cathy Melamed-Bessudo, Oren Tzfadia, Theodore R Muth, Avraham A Levy

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Shay ShiloDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-8545
Pooja TripathiDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Cathy Melamed-BessudoDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8766-6192
Oren TzfadiaDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7096-8063
Theodore R MuthDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Avraham A LevyDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3097-1540
Weizmann Institute of Science · ILAgricultural Research Organization · ILGhent University · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated T-DNA integration is a common tool for plant genome manipulation. However, there is controversy regarding whether T-DNA integration is biased towards genes or randomly distributed throughout the genome. In order to address this question, we performed high-throughput mapping of T-DNA-genome junctions obtained in the absence of selection at several time points after infection. T-DNA-genome junctions were detected as early as 6 hours post-infection. T-DNA distribution was apparently uniform throughout the chromosomes, yet local biases toward AT-rich motifs and T-DNA border sequence micro-homology were detected. Analysis of the epigenetic landscape of previously isolated sites of T-DNA integration in Kanamycin-selected transgenic plants showed an association with extremely low methylation and nucleosome occupancy. Conversely, non-selected junctions from this study showed no correlation with methylation and had chromatin marks, such as high nucleosome occupancy and high H3K27me3, that correspond to three-dimensional-interacting heterochromatin islands embedded within euchromatin. Such structures may play a role in capturing and silencing invading T-DNA.

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Agrobacterium tumefaciensArabidopsisChromatinDNA, BacterialDNA MethylationEpigenomicsEuchromatinGene Transfer TechniquesGenome, PlantNucleosomesNucleotide MotifsPlants, Genetically ModifiedChromatinDNA, BacterialEuchromatinNucleosomesT-DNA

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PMID28742090
PMCPMC5546698
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