The relationship between transgenerational acquired resistance and global DNA methylation in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Progeny of heavily diseased plants develop transgenerational acquired resistance (TAR). In Arabidopsis, TAR can be transmitted over one stress-free generation. Although DNA methylation has been implicated in the regulation of TAR, the relationship between TAR and global DNA methylation remains unknown. Here, we characterised the methylome of TAR-expressing Arabidopsis at different generations after disease exposure. Global clustering of cytosine methylation revealed TAR-related patterns in the F3 generation, but not in the F1 generation. The majority of differentially methylated positions (DMPs) occurred at CG context in gene bodies. TAR in F3 progeny after one initial generation of disease, followed by two stress-free generations, was lower than TAR in F3 progeny after three successive ge

SUBMITTER: Stassen JHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6170496 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature