Mutation rates, mutation frequencies, and proofreading-repair activities in RNA virus genetics

E Domingo, C García-Crespo, R Lobo-Vega, C Perales - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The error rate displayed during template copying to produce viral RNA progeny is a
biologically relevant parameter of the replication complexes of viruses. It has consequences …

Molecular interactions of plant viral satellites

U Badar, S Venkataraman, M AbouHaidar, K Hefferon - Virus Genes, 2021 - Springer
Plant viral satellites fall under the category of subviral agents. Their genomes are composed
of small RNA or DNA molecules a few hundred nucleotides in length and contain an …

Infectious long non-coding RNAs

K Katsarou, ALN Rao, M Tsagris, K Kalantidis - Biochimie, 2015 - Elsevier
Long non protein coding RNAs (lncRNAs) constitute a large category of the RNA world, able
to regulate different biological processes. In this review we are focusing on infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Virus-associated small satellite RNAs and viroids display similarities in their replication strategies

ALN Rao, K Kalantidis - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of non-coding, small, highly structured, satellite RNAs (satRNAs) and
viroids as subviral pathogens of plants, have been of great interest to molecular biologists as …

Probing the RNA Structure of a Satellite RNA of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Using SHAPE Method

Z Liu, X Cao, C Yu, X Yuan - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Selective 2′-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) is a widely used
technique for RNA structure analysis using N-methylisatoic anhydride (NMIA) treatment that …

[HTML][HTML] Functionality of host proteins in Cucumber mosaic virus replication: GAPDH is obligatory to promote interaction between replication-associated proteins

S Chaturvedi, JK Seo, ALN Rao - Virology, 2016 - Elsevier
Here, we evaluated the role of two host proteins, a Bromo domain containing RNA binding
protein (BRP1) and Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), in the …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of satellite tobacco mosaic virus phenotypes expressed in the presence and absence of helper virus

V Sivanandam, D Mathews, ALN Rao - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we assembled an Agrobacterium-based transient expression system for the
ectopic expression of Satellite tobacco mosaic virus (STMV)(+) or (−) transcripts and their …

Riboproteomics: A versatile approach for the identification of host protein interaction network in plant pathogenic noncoding RNAs

S Chaturvedi, ALN Rao - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Pathogenic or non-pathogenic small (17 to 30 nt) and long (> 200 nt) non-coding RNAs
(ncRNAs) have been implicated in the regulation of gene expression at transcriptional, post …

[HTML][HTML] Role of Tobacco vein banding mosaic virus 3′-UTR on virus systemic infection in tobacco

Y Wang, ZY Yang, YP Tian, C Geng, XF Yuan, XD Li - Virology, 2019 - Elsevier
To investigate the role of Tobacco vein banding mosaic virus (TVBMV) 3′-UTR in virus
systemic infection, three types of deletions were introduced into TVBMV infectious clone …

[HTML][HTML] Heterologous replicase driven 3′ end repair of Cucumber mosaic virus satellite RNA

V Sivanandam, E Varady, ALN Rao - Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
To investigate the extent of the 3′ end repair in a satellite RNA of Cucumber mosaic virus
(CMV) strain Q (Qsat) by a heterologous Tomato aspermy virus (TAV), a set of biologically …