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Aug 2026
A transposon-derived transcription factor senses ionic stress through phase separation to govern plant autophagy.
It is shown that MUSTANG4 (MUG4), a transcription factor derived from Mutator-like element (MULE) transposons, functions as an ionic stress sensor and the primary transcriptional driver of salt-induced autophagy in Arabidopsis.
Yang Shao, Songyang Wang, Li Liang et al.
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