Multiple approaches for CRISPR-based targeting of DNA methylation to promoters of bacterial and viral susceptibility genes in cassava
Kerrigan B. Gilbert, Zuh-Jyh Daniel Lin, Kira M. Veley, Myia K. Stanton, Marisa Yoder, Joanna Norton, Suhua Feng, Yan He, Gabriela L Hernandez, Greg Jensen, Emma Wozniak, Ke Ke, Sharon Motomura‐Wages, Steven E. Jacobsen, Rebecca S Bart, James C. Carrington
The paper tests two CRISPR-based epigenome editing tools in cassava to induce DNA methylation at susceptibility gene promoters, reducing pathogen infection and showing inheritance patterns.
bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology