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 …

The family Geminiviridae is one of the largest and most important families of plant viruses.
The small, single-stranded DNA genomes of geminiviruses encode 5–7 proteins that …

Selective autophagy is a double-edged sword in antiviral immunity and regulated by various
autophagy receptors. However, it remains unclear how to balance the opposite roles by one …

Abstract Analysis of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) small RNA data sets revealed the
presence of a regulatory cascade affecting disease resistance. The initiators of the cascade …

Plants and invertebrates can protect themselves from viral infection through RNA silencing.
This antiviral immunity involves production of virus-derived small interfering RNAs (viRNAs) …

The infection and replication of viruses in the host induce diverse mechanisms for combating
viral infection. One of the best-studied antiviral defence mechanisms is based on RNA …

Geminiviruses are small DNA viruses that use plant replication machinery to amplify their
genomes. Microarray analysis of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transcriptome in …

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 …

RNA interference (RNAi) is an important defence against viruses and transposable elements
(TEs). RNAi not only protects against viruses by degrading viral RNA, but hosts and viruses …

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 …