Characterization of the proteins encoded by a recently emerged cotton-infecting Polerovirus.

ABSTRACT: The cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLDV), an important viral pathogen responsible for substantial losses in cotton crops, has recently emerged in the United States (US). Although CLDV shares similarities with other members of the genus Polerovirus in terms of encoded proteins, their functional characteristics remain largely unexplored. In this study, we expressed and analyzed each protein encoded by CLDV to determine its intracellular localization using fluorescence protein fusion. We also evaluated their potential to induce plant responses, such as the induction of hypersensitive response-like necrosis and the generation of reactive oxygen species. Our findings show that the proteins encoded by CLDV exhibit comparable localization patterns and elicit similar robust plant responses as observ

SUBMITTER: Akinyuwa MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384633 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature