Jullien Lab

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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024

Unraveling the Epigenetic Arms Race Between Plants and Pathogens

Plant-pathogen interactions are complex processes involving molecular and physiological changes in both the host and the pathogen. An increasing number of reports are pointing towards the role of epigenetics in plant defense against pathogens. However, several gaps currently prevent us from fully understanding the extent of chromatin changes as well as their functions during infection. We recently showed that a bacterial virulence factor induces global changes in DNA methylation. My research group also discovered that genes encoding epigenetic factors typically expressed solely during the reproductive phase of the plant life cycle are induced by pathogen infection (abbreviated “RePat”…

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