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Epigenetics in the plant–virus interaction

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Plants have developed diverse molecular mechanisms to resist viruses. RNA silencing plays a dominant role in antiviral defense. Recent studies have correlated plant antiviral silencing to epigenetic modification in genomic DNA and protein by remodeling the expression levels of coding genes. The plant host methylation level is reprogrammed in response to viral challenge. Genomes of some viruses have been implicated in the epigenetic modification via small RNA-mediated transcriptional gene silencing and post-transcriptional gene silencing. These mechanisms can be primed prior to a virus attack through methylation changes for antiviral defense. This review highlights the findings concerning the methylation changes in plant–virus interactions and demonstrates a possible direction to improve the understanding of plant host methylation regulation in response to viral infection.

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Wang, C., Wang, C., Zou, J. et al. Epigenetics in the plant–virus interaction. Plant Cell Rep 38, 1031–1038 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-019-02414-0

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