The transcriptome of zinc deficient maize roots and its relationship to DNA methylation loss.
Svenja MagerBrigitte SchönbergerUwe LudewigPublished in: BMC plant biology (2018)
The transcriptome of Zn-deficient roots identified genes and pathways to cope with the deficiency and a major down-regulation of reactive oxygen metabolism. Interestingly, a nutrient-specific loss of DNA methylation, partially related to gene expression in a context-specific manner, may play a role in long-term stress adaptation.