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Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b RNA silencing suppressor modify plant-aphid interactions in tobacco.
Scientific reports - 1 Jan 2011
Ziebell Heiko, Murphy Alex M, Groen Simon C, Tungadi Trisna, Westwood Jack H, Lewsey Mathew G, Moulin Michael, Kleczkowski Adam, Smith Alison G, Stevens Mark, Powell Glen, Carr John P
Abstract excerpt
The cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) 2b protein not only inhibits anti-viral RNA silencing but also quenches transcriptional responses of plant genes to jasmonic acid, a key signalling molecule in defence against insects. This suggested that it might affect interactions between infected plants and aphids, insects that transmit CMV. We found that infection of tobacco with a 2b gene deletion mutant (CMVΔ2b) induced...
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