RNA silencing suppression by plant pathogens: defence, counter-defence and counter-counter-defence

N Pumplin, O Voinnet - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
RNA silencing is a central regulator of gene expression in most eukaryotes and acts both at
the transcriptional level through DNA methylation and at the post-transcriptional level …

RNA silencing in plants

D Baulcombe - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
There are at least three RNA silencing pathways for silencing specific genes in plants. In
these pathways, silencing signals can be amplified and transmitted between cells, and may …

Advances in viroid-host interactions

B Navarro, R Flores, F Di Serio - Annual Review of Virology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Viroids are small, single-stranded, circular RNAs infecting plants. Composed of only a few
hundred nucleotides and being unable to code for proteins, viroids represent the lowest …

Induction and suppression of RNA silencing: insights from viral infections

O Voinnet - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, small RNA molecules engage in sequence-specific interactions to inhibit
gene expression by RNA silencing. This process fulfils fundamental regulatory roles, as well …

RNAi-mediated viral immunity requires amplification of virus-derived siRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

XB Wang, Q Wu, T Ito, F Cillo, WX Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
In diverse eukaryotic organisms, Dicer-processed, virus-derived small interfering RNAs
direct antiviral immunity by RNA silencing or RNA interference. Here we show that in …

RNA silencing in plants: mechanisms, technologies and applications in horticultural crops

Q Guo, Q Liu, N A. Smith, G Liang… - Current genomics, 2016 - benthamdirect.com
Understanding the fundamental nature of a molecular process or a biological pathway is
often a catalyst for the development of new technologies in biology. Indeed, studies from late …

Viroids and viroid-host interactions

R Flores, C Hernández, AEM Alba… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
Although they induce symptoms in plants similar to those accompanying virus infections,
viroids have unique structural, functional, and evolutionary characteristics. They are …

ARGONAUTE 6 bridges transposable element m RNA‐derived si RNA s to the establishment of DNA methylation

AD McCue, K Panda, S Nuthikattu, SG Choudury… - The EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Transposable elements (TE s) generate mutations and chromosomal instability when active.
To repress TE activity, eukaryotic cells evolved mechanisms to both degrade TE mRNA s …

Factors influencing begomovirus evolution and their increasing global significance: implications for sustainable control

SE Seal, F VandenBosch, MJ Jeger - Critical reviews in plant …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Begomoviruses (Family Geminiviridae, Genus Begomovirus) have become the most
destructive group of plant viruses in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The recent …

RNA silencing and plant viral diseases

MB Wang, C Masuta, NA Smith… - Molecular plant …, 2012 - Am Phytopath Society
RNA silencing plays a critical role in plant resistance against viruses, with multiple silencing
factors participating in antiviral defense. Both RNA and DNA viruses are targeted by the …