Because the downregulated genes in the mutant and the upregulated genes in the OE plants are enriched for stress-responsive function, and many of the 35 genes directly activated by ALKBH1 have been previously shown to function in plant stress responses, we tested stress-induced gene expression and/or tolerance of the transgenic plants to salt, heat, and biotic (infection by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. This evidence concerns the gene ALKBH1 and infection.