Tubule-guided cell-to-cell movement of a plant virus requires class XI myosin motors.

Cell-to-cell movement of plant viruses occurs via plasmodesmata (PD), organelles that evolved to facilitate intercellular communications. Viral movement proteins (MP) modify PD to allow passage of the virus particles or nucleoproteins. This passage occurs via several distinct mechanisms one of which...

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Main Authors: Khalid Amari, Alexander Lerich, Corinne Schmitt-Keichinger, Valerian V Dolja, Christophe Ritzenthaler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3203191?pdf=render