[HTML][HTML] Pathogen small RNAs: a new class of effectors for pathogen attacks

M Wang, A Weiberg, H Jin - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over recent decades, profound findings in plant pathology research have made tremendous
contributions to our understanding of how pathogens are able to colonize the biological …

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato

AC Velásquez, S Chakravarthy, GB Martin - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2009 - jove.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly specific gene-silencing phenomenon triggered by
dsRNA1. This silencing mechanism uses two major classes of RNA regulators: microRNAs …

Viral virulence protein suppresses RNA silencing–mediated defense but upregulates the role of microRNA in host gene expression

J Chen, WX Li, D Xie, JR Peng, SW Ding - The Plant Cell, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) are processed by the
ribonuclease Dicer from distinct precursors, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and hairpin …

RNA interference as a new biotechnological tool for the control of virus diseases in plants

F Tenllado, C Llave, JR Dı́az-Ruı́z - Virus research, 2004 - Elsevier
RNA silencing occurs in a wide variety of organisms, including protozoa, fungi, plants and
animals and involves recognition of a target RNA and initiation of a sequence-specific RNA …

Small RNA molecules and their role in plant disease

LE Rose, EJR Overdijk, M van Damme - European Journal of Plant …, 2019 - Springer
All plant species are subject to disease. Plant diseases are caused by parasites, eg viruses,
bacteria, oomycetes, parasitic plants, fungi, or nematodes. In all organisms, gene expression …

Gene silencing in plants: a diversity of pathways

AEM de Alba, E Elvira-Matelot, H Vaucheret - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2013 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic organisms have evolved a variety of gene silencing pathways in which small
RNAs, 20-to 30-nucleotides in length, repress the expression of sequence homologous …

Structural insights into the arms race between host and virus along RNA silencing pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

W Guo, JY Liew, YA Yuan - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT RNA silencing refers to a conserved sequence‐specific gene‐regulation
mechanism mediated by small RNA molecules. In plants, microRNA (miRNA) and small …

Induction, suppression and requirement of RNA silencing pathways in virulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens infections

P Dunoyer, C Himber, O Voinnet - Nature genetics, 2006 - nature.com
Regulation of gene expression through microRNAs (miRNAs) and antiviral defense through
small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are aspects of RNA silencing, a process originally …

RNA silencing and its suppressors in the plant-virus interplay

A Valli, JJ López-Moya, JA García - eLS, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that need to evade the host defences targeted
against them. In plants, activation of ribonucleic acid (RNA) silencing is among the most …

Viral suppressors of RNA silencing

WX Li, SW Ding - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2001 - Elsevier
The suppression of RNA silencing by plant viruses represents a viral adaptation to a novel
host antiviral defense. Three types of viral suppressors have been identified through the use …