Profile of small interfering RNAs from cotton plants infected with the polerovirus Cotton leafroll dwarf virus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In response to infection, viral genomes are processed by Dicer-like (DCL) ribonuclease proteins into viral small RNAs (vsRNAs) of discrete sizes. vsRNAs are then used as guides for silencing the viral genome. The profile of vsRNAs produced during the infection process has been extensively studied for some groups of viruses. However, nothing is known about the vsRNAs produced during infections of members of the economically important family Luteoviridae, a group of phloem-restricted viruses. Here, we report the characterization of a population of vsRNAs from cotton plants infected with Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), a member of the genus Polerovirus, family Luteoviridae.

Results

Deep sequencing of small RNAs (sRNAs) from leaves of CLRDV-infected cotton plants

SUBMITTER: Silva TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3189115 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature