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Specific requirement for translation initiation factor 4E or its isoform drives plant host susceptibility to Tobacco etch virus.
BMC plant biology - 19 Mar 2014
Estevan Joan, Maréna Aramata, Callot Caroline, Lacombe Séverine, Moretti André, Caranta Carole, Gallois Jean-Luc
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BACKGROUND: In plants, eIF4E translation initiation factors and their eIFiso4E isoforms are essential susceptibility factors for many RNA viruses, including potyviruses. Mutations altering these factors are a major source of resistance to the viruses. The eIF4E allelic series is associated with specific resistance spectra in crops such as Capsicum annum. Genetic evidence shows that potyviruses have a specific...
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