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Nicola Secco

King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-0820-6834Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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Turnip mosaic virus co-opts host RNA methylation machinery to orchestrate plant infection

Nicola Secco, Kashif Nawaz, Marília Almeida-Trapp, Arsheed Hussain Sheikh, Heribert Hirt A

This study shows that Turnip mosaic virus uses host m6A methylation machinery to enhance infection by creating a specific methylation landscape on its genome.

bioRxiv · May 10, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology