I've read this paper where they specifically modify a region in the rice genome to ablate the binding site of a pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae, and disrupt the hijacking of a gene network in the rice genome to the advantage of the pathogen.
It's an interesting concept but left me wondering how one would determine de novo the binding of these pathogen effectors into the host if one didn't know them. What would be the steps to determine where are the pathogen's TFs binding the host genome?
Edit: there is the possibility of not knowing which proteins bind to the host genome, so what would be the way of developing the antibodies in this case?
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