Intracellular trafficking of begomoviruses in the midgut cells of their insect vector.

Begomoviruses are exclusively transmitted by whiteflies in a persistent circulative manner and cause considerable economic losses to crop production worldwide. Previous studies have shown that begomoviruses accumulate in vesicle-like structures in whitefly midgut cells and that clathrin-mediated end...

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Main Authors: Wen-Qiang Xia, Yan Liang, Yao Chi, Li-Long Pan, Jing Zhao, Shu-Sheng Liu, Xiao-Wei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006866