Arabidopsis eIF4E1 protects the translational machinery during TuMV infection and restricts virus accumulation

D Zafirov, N Giovinazzo, C Lecampion, B Field… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Successful subversion of translation initiation factors eIF4E determines the infection success
of potyviruses, the largest group of viruses affecting plants. In the natural variability of many …

When a knockout is an Achilles' heel: Resistance to one potyvirus species triggers hypersusceptibility to another one in Arabidopsis thaliana

D Zafirov, N Giovinazzo, A Bastet… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The translation initiation factors 4E are a small family of major susceptibility factors to
potyviruses. It has been suggested that knocking out these genes could provide genetic …

Specific requirement for translation initiation factor 4E or its isoform drives plant host susceptibility to Tobacco etch virus

J Estevan, A Maréna, C Callot, S Lacombe, A Moretti… - BMC plant biology, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In plants, eIF4E translation initiation factors and their eIFiso4E isoforms
are essential susceptibility factors for many RNA viruses, including potyviruses. Mutations …

Knock-Down of Both eIF4E1 and eIF4E2 Genes Confers Broad-Spectrum Resistance against Potyviruses in Tomato

M Mazier, F Flamain, M Nicolaï, V Sarnette… - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E plays a key role in plant-
potyvirus interactions. eIF4E belongs to a small multigenic family and three genes, eIF4E1 …

Plant eIF4E isoforms as factors of susceptibility and resistance to potyviruses

N Zlobin, V Taranov - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Potyviruses are the largest group of plant-infecting RNA viruses that affect a wide range of
crop plants. Plant resistance genes against potyviruses are often recessive and encode …

An induced mutation in tomato eIF4E leads to immunity to two potyviruses

F Piron, M Nicolaï, S Minoïa, E Piednoir, A Moretti… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background The characterization of natural recessive resistance genes and Arabidopsis
virus-resistant mutants have implicated translation initiation factors of the eIF4E and eIF4G …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinated and selective recruitment of eIF4E and eIF4G factors for potyvirus infection in Arabidopsis thaliana

V Nicaise, JL Gallois, F Chafiai, LM Allen… - FEBS letters, 2007 - Elsevier
The translation initiation factors eIF4E and eIF (iso) 4E play a key role during virus infection
in plants. During mRNA translation, eIF4E provides the cap-binding function and is …

Natural variation and functional analyses provide evidence for co‐evolution between plant eIF4E and potyviral VPg

C Charron, M Nicolaï, JL Gallois, C Robaglia… - The Plant …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Amino acid substitutions in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) result in
recessive resistance to potyviruses in a range of plant species, including Capsicum spp …

The Absence of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor eIF(iso)4E Affects the Systemic Spread of a Tobacco etch virus Isolate in Arabidopsis thaliana

CA Contreras-Paredes… - Molecular plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
Translation initiation factor eIF4E exerts an important role during infection of viral species in
the family Potyviridae. Particularly, a eIF (iso) 4E family member is required for Arabidopsis …

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B‐beta (eIF2Bβ), a new class of plant virus resistance gene

J Shopan, H Mou, L Zhang, C Zhang, W Ma… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recessive resistances to plant viruses in the Potyvirus genus have been found to be based
on mutations in the plant eukaryotic translation initiation factors, eIF 4E and eIF 4G or their …