Umbravirus-like RNA viruses are capable of independent systemic plant infection in the absence of encoded movement proteins

X Ying, S Bera, J Liu, R Toscano-Morales, C Jang… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The signature feature of all plant viruses is the encoding of movement proteins (MPs) that
supports the movement of the viral genome into adjacent cells and through the vascular …

Dimerization of an umbravirus RNA genome activates subgenomic mRNA transcription

T Chkuaseli, KA White - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many eukaryotic RNA viruses transcribe subgenomic (sg) mRNAs during infections to
control expression of a subset of viral genes. Such transcriptional events are commonly …

-1 Programmed ribosomal frameshifting in Class 2 umbravirus-like RNAs uses multiple long-distance interactions to shift between active and inactive structures and …

AA Mikkelsen, F Gao, E Carino, S Bera… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Plus-strand RNA viruses frequently employ-1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting (-1 PRF)
to maximize their coding capacity. Ribosomes can frameshift at a slippery sequence if …

[HTML][HTML] The Occurrence and Diversity of Viruses Identified in Monocotyledonous Weeds

ED Agyemang, R Ofosu, F Desiderio, ZN Galbacs… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
In crop fields, weeds are perfect hosts for plant pathogenic viruses. The effects of these
viruses can range from latent infection to plant death, affecting crop quality and yield and …

Grapevine Virome of the Don Ampelographic Collection in Russia Has Concealed Five Novel Viruses

D Belkina, D Karpova, E Porotikova, I Lifanov… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, an analysis of the virome of 51 grapevines from the Don ampelographic
collection named after Ya. I. Potapenko (Russia) was performed using high-throughput …

Molecular characterization of a novel umbra-like virus from Thuja orientalis (arborvitae) in South Korea

MT Belete, SE Kim, JA Kwon, D Igori, EK Choi… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
A novel umbra-like virus was identified in arborvitae in South Korea using RNA sequencing
(RNA-seq). The virus identified was tentatively named" arborvitae umbra-like virus"(AULV) …

High‐throughput sequencing‐based detection and characterization of sugarcane viruses in Ethiopia

M Abide, D Kidanemariam, M Kebede… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A virus discovery investigation using high‐throughput sequencing in sugarcane samples
from Ethiopia revealed the presence of sugarcane mild mosaic virus (SCMMV, genus …

[HTML][HTML] Construction and biological characterization of a cDNA infectious clone of wheat umbra-like virus in wheat and Nicotiana benthamiana

S Nouri, A Zarzyńska-Nowak, V Prakash - Virology, 2024 - Elsevier
Umbravirus-like associated RNAs (ulaRNAs) are a new group of subviral RNAs associated
with plants. Little is known about the biology of ulaRNAs. We recently reported wheat umbra …