Debankona Marik

Expression genome-wide association study and differential methylome profiling reveal upstream regulators of drought memory genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

This study identifies upstream regulators of drought memory genes in Arabidopsis thaliana using eGWAS and methylome profiling, revealing genetic-epigenetic mechanisms involved in transcriptional memory.

Genome-wide association study, network analysis, and reverse genetics pinpoint novel genes associated with seedling root growth variation of Arabidopsis thaliana under drought

This study identifies 68 genes associated with drought tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings using GWAS and validates their roles through reverse genetics.

A desert endophyte, Priestia megaterium SI1-IITJ, improves fluoride stress tolerance by reducing fluoride content of plant tissues and perturbing salt tolerance and defense genes of Arabidopsis thaliana

This study identifies Priestia megaterium SI1-IITJ as a desert endophyte that reduces fluoride content in plants and modulates gene expression to improve fluoride stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

AP2/ERF transcription factors enriched in the drought-response transcriptome of the Thar desert tree Prosopis cineraria show higher copy number and greater DNA-binding affinity than orthologs in drought-sensitive species

This study identifies AP2/ERF transcription factors as key to drought tolerance in Prosopis cineraria, showing higher copy numbers and DNA-binding affinity compared to drought-sensitive species.