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Other proteins, including histone H1 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HON<\/jats:styled-content>1), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">XRCC<\/jats:styled-content>1, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PARP<\/jats:styled-content>1, participate in a \u2018backup\u2019 (b)<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHEJ<\/jats:styled-content> process. We examined transient and stable transformation frequencies of <jats:italic>Arabidopsis thaliana<\/jats:italic> roots mutant for numerous <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHEJ<\/jats:styled-content> and other related genes. Mutants of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KU<\/jats:styled-content>70<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KU<\/jats:styled-content>80<\/jats:italic>, and the plant\u2010specific <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA LIGASE VI<\/jats:styled-content><\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">LIG<\/jats:styled-content>6<\/jats:italic>) showed increased stable transformation susceptibility. However, these mutants showed transient transformation susceptibility similar to that of wild\u2010type plants, suggesting enhanced T\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> integration in these mutants. These results were confirmed using a promoter\u2010trap transformation vector that requires T\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> integration into the plant genome to activate a promoterless gusA (<jats:italic>uidA<\/jats:italic>) gene, by virus\u2010induced gene silencing (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VIGS<\/jats:styled-content>) of <jats:italic>Nicotiana benthamiana<\/jats:italic> <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHEJ<\/jats:styled-content> genes, and by biochemical assays for T\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> integration. No alteration in transient or stable transformation frequencies was detected with <jats:italic>atm<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>atr<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>lig4<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>xrcc1<\/jats:italic>, or <jats:italic>parp1<\/jats:italic> mutants. However, mutation of <jats:italic>parp1<\/jats:italic> caused high levels of T\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> integration and transgene methylation. A double mutant (<jats:italic>ku80<\/jats:italic>\/<jats:italic>parp1<\/jats:italic>), knocking out components of both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">NHEJ<\/jats:styled-content> pathways, did not show any decrease in stable transformation or T\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">DNA<\/jats:styled-content> integration. 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