Drought-Activated Retrotransposon

Rapid drought response

Synergistic activation via calcium-mediated DNA demethylation and transcription factors, promising for building drought-responsive gene expression modules.

Yang, Zhen Kun · Li, Wen · Wang, Xiao · Li, Chao · Jun-jie, Zhuang · Liu, Zhen · Cheng-Cheng, Ruan · Yi-Qin, He · Yu, Jie · Xu, Jianhong

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2025

Advantages

5-bp repeat variations in 5'-LTR influence promoter activity

Copia2 expression activated under drought

DNA methylation of Copia2 decreases under drought