Brassinosteroid-regulated transcription factors confer epigenetic changes that repress plant immunity
Veronica E. Ramirez, Haiwei Shuai, Fang-Yu Hwu, Rashmi R. Hazarika, Chia-Nan Tao, Sera Choi, Robert S. Piecyk, Susanne I. Wudy, Michael Gigl, Johannes Bagnoli, Sarah Brajkovic, Pablo Albertos, Yuanyuan Liang, Andreas Keymer, Corinna Dawid, , Brigitte Poppenberger
This study shows brassinosteroids repress plant immunity by inducing DNA methylation and altering splicing of immune receptor genes through bHLH transcription factors.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Aug 17, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology