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A four-partner plant–virus interaction: enemies can also come from within.
Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI - 1 Nov 2010
Iskra-Caruana Marie-Line, Baurens Franc-Christophe, Gayral Philippe, Chabannes Matthieu
Abstract excerpt
Plant viruses are disseminated by either vertical (vegetative multiplication or sexual reproduction) or horizontal (vector-mediated) propagation. Plant pararetroviruses—members of the Caulimoviridae family—have developed an alternative strategy for vertical propagation via integration within the host plant genome, although integration is not required for viral replication. Integrated endogenous...
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