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The rice yellow mottle virus P1 protein exhibits dual functions to suppress and activate gene silencing.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2010
Lacombe Séverine, Bangratz Martine, Vignols Florence, Brugidou Christophe
Abstract excerpt
In plants RNA silencing is a host defense mechanism against viral infection, in which double-strand RNA is processed into 21-24-nt short interfering RNA (siRNA). Silencing spreads from cell to cell and systemically through a sequence-specific signal to limit the propagation of the virus. To counteract this defense mechanism, viruses encode suppressors of silencing. The P1 protein encoded by the rice yellow mottle...
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