RNA silencing is a homology-dependent gene inactivation mechanism that regulates a wide
range of biological processes including antiviral defense. To deal with host antiviral …

Begomoviruses are numerous and geographically widespread viruses that cause
devastating diseases in many crops. Monopartite begomoviruses are frequently associated …

Geminiviruses are a family of plant viruses that cause economically important plant diseases
worldwide. These viruses have circular single‐stranded DNA genomes and four to eight …

Viruses are obligate, intracellular pathogens that must manipulate and exploit host
molecular mechanisms to prosper in the hostile cellular environment. Here we review the …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae) are responsible for many economically important
crop diseases worldwide. The majority of these diseases are caused by bipartite …

Geminiviruses encapsidate single-stranded DNA genomes that replicate in plant cell nuclei
through double-stranded DNA intermediates that associate with cellular histone proteins to …

Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) is a serious disease of cotton which has characteristic
symptoms, the most unusual of which is the formation of leaf-like enations on the undersides …

Geminiviruses and their satellites have circular single stranded DNA genomes, infecting
many crops and weeds across the globe. To successfully invade new hosts, break host …

Background Viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) have genomes
consisting of either one or two genomic components. The component of bipartite …

DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic modification that regulates gene expression
and represses endogenous transposons and invading DNA viruses. As a counter-defense …