Epigenetic gene regulation is controlled by distinct regulatory complexes utilizing specialized paralogs of TELOMERE REPEAT BINDING FACTORS

Maik Mendler; Kristin Krause; Simone Zündorf; Prathamesh Sannak; Petra Tänzler; Sara Stolze; Hirofumi Nakagami; Franziska Turck

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1012114

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Epigenetic gene regulation is controlled by distinct regulatory complexes utilizing specialized paralogs of TELOMERE REPEAT BINDING FACTORS

Maik Mendler ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maik Mendler, Kristin Krause

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7645-0027

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Kristin Krause ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Maik Mendler, Kristin Krause

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Currecnt address: Illumina Solutions Center, Berlin, Germany

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany
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Simone Zündorf,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany
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Prathamesh Sannak,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3773-8360

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Petra Tänzler,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany
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Sara Stolze,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1421-9703

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Hirofumi Nakagami,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-7062

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Franziska Turck

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: turck@mpipz.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4982-5949

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Epigenetic gene regulation is controlled by distinct regulatory complexes utilizing specialized paralogs of TELOMERE REPEAT BINDING FACTORS

Maik Mendler,
Kristin Krause,
Simone Zündorf,
Prathamesh Sannak,
Petra Tänzler,
Sara Stolze,
Hirofumi Nakagami,
Franziska Turck

Published: April 21, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1012114

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