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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…·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.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.04.730177