Silencing of one copy of the translation initiation factor eIFiso4G in Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) impacts susceptibility to Plum pox virus (PPV) and small RNA production

Abstract Background In plants, host factors encoded by susceptibility (S) genes are indispensable for viral infection. Resistance is achieved through the impairment or the absence of those susceptibility factors. Many S genes have been cloned from model and crop species and a majority of them are co...

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Main Authors: Julia Rubio, Evelyn Sánchez, David Tricon, Christian Montes, Jean-Philippe Eyquard, Aurélie Chague, Carlos Aguirre, Humberto Prieto, Véronique Decroocq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-2047-9