Plant-infecting viruses of the genus Nepovirus (subfamily Comovirinae, family Secoviridae,
order Picornavirales) are bipartite positive-strand RNA viruses with each genomic RNA …

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 …

Introduction Autophagy not only plays an antiviral role but also can be utilized by viruses to
facilitate virus infection. However, the underlying mechanism of potato virus Y (PVY) …

The best-characterized functional motifs of the potyviral Helper-Component protease (HC-
Pro) responding for aphid transmission, RNA silencing suppression, movement, symptom …

The majority of picornaviral 3C proteinases (3C pro) cleavage sites possess glutamine at the
P1 position. Plant nepovirus 3C-like proteinases (3CL pro) show however much broader …

Plum pox virus (PPV) infects Prunus trees across the globe, causing the serious Sharka
disease. Breeding programs in the past 20 years have been successful, generating plum …

Plum pox virus (PPV) is the most pathogenic virus of stone fruit crops worldwide. Unusual
PPV isolates were discovered on sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) and steppe cherry (P …

Successful subversion of translation initiation factors 4E and 4G determines the infection
success of potyviruses, the largest group of viruses affecting plants. In the natural variability …

Pepper mottle virus (PepMoV) infects primarily Capsicum species, including pepper and bell
pepper which are important vegetable and spice crops in Korea. We have previously …

Plant viruses, such turnip mosaic virus (TuMV), both trigger and inhibit host plant defense
responses, including defenses that target their insect vectors, such as aphids. TuMV …