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An induced mutation in tomato eIF4E leads to immunity to two potyviruses.
PloS one - 25 Jun 2010
Piron Florence, Nicolaï Maryse, Minoïa Silvia, Piednoir Elodie, Moretti André, Salgues Aurélie, Zamir Dani, Caranta Carole, Bendahmane Abdelhafid
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BACKGROUND: The characterization of natural recessive resistance genes and Arabidopsis virus-resistant mutants have implicated translation initiation factors of the eIF4E and eIF4G families as susceptibility factors required for virus infection and resistance function. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To investigate further the role of translation initiation factors in virus resistance we set up a TILLING platform...
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