Article
Pyramiding resistances based on translation initiation factors in Arabidopsis is impaired by male gametophyte lethality.
Plant signaling & behavior - 1 Jan 2014
Callot Caroline, Gallois Jean Luc
Abstract excerpt
In eukaryotes, eIF4E translation initiation factors are essential proteins encoded by a small multigene family. In plants, they are a major source of host plant resistance to potyviruses that require specific 4E factors to infect cells. Combining mutations in different eIF4E genes could be a way of broadening the spectrum of plant resistance to viruses. We attempted to combine null mutations affecting the two...
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