Coordinated Action of RTBV and RTSV Proteins Suppress Host RNA Silencing Machinery.

ABSTRACT: RNA silencing is as an adaptive immune response in plants that limits the accumulation or spread of invading viruses. Successful virus infection entails countering the RNA silencing machinery for efficient replication and systemic spread in the host. The viruses encode proteins with the ability to suppress or block the host silencing mechanism, resulting in severe pathogenic symptoms and diseases. Tungro is a viral disease caused by a complex of two viruses and it provides an excellent system to understand the host and virus interactions during infection. It is known that Rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) is the major determinant of the disease while Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) accentuates the symptoms. This study brings to focus the important role of RTBV ORF-IV in disease manif

SUBMITTER: Anand A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8875415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature