scholarly journals Nitrate‐inducible MdBT2 acts as a restriction factor to limit apple necrotic mosaic virus genome replication in Malus domestica

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenlu Zhang ◽  
Yin‐Huan Xie ◽  
Ping Sun ◽  
Fu‐Jun Zhang ◽  
Peng‐Fei Zheng ◽  
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Author(s):  
Rami Obeid ◽  
Elias Wehbe ◽  
Mohamad Rima ◽  
Mohammad Kabara ◽  
Romeo Al Bersaoui ◽  
...  

Background: Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is the most known virus in the plant mosaic virus family and is able to infect a wide range of crops, in particularly tobacco, causing a production loss. Objectives: Herein, and for the first time in Lebanon, we investigated the presence of TMV infection in crops by analyzing 88 samples of tobacco, tomato, cucumber and pepper collected from different regions in North Lebanon. Methods: Double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DAS-ELISA), revealed a potential TMV infection of four tobacco samples out of 88 crops samples collected. However, no tomato, cucumber and pepper samples were infected. The TMV+ tobacco samples were then extensively analyzed by RT-PCR to detect viral RNA using different primers covering all the viral genome. Results and Discussion: PCR results confirmed those of DAS-ELISA showing TMV infection of four tobacco samples collected from three crop fields of North Lebanon. In only one of four TMV+ samples, we were able to amplify almost all the regions of viral genome, suggesting possible mutations in the virus genome or an infection with a new, not yet identified, TMV strain. Conclusion: Our study is the first in Lebanon revealing TMV infection in crop fields, and highlighting the danger that may affect the future of agriculture.



2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tombisana Thokchom ◽  
Tanuja Rana ◽  
Vipin Hallan ◽  
Raja Ram ◽  
Aijaz A. Zaidi


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Sodroski ◽  
Brianna Lowey ◽  
Laura Hertz ◽  
T. Jake Liang ◽  
Qisheng Li


Intervirology ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. German ◽  
Gustaaf A. De Zoeten ◽  
Timothy C. Hall




2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (10) ◽  
pp. 5137-5147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromichi Hara ◽  
Hideki Aizaki ◽  
Mami Matsuda ◽  
Fumiko Shinkai-Ouchi ◽  
Yasushi Inoue ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Persistent infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver diseases. The aim of this study was to identify host cell factor(s) participating in the HCV replication complex (RC) and to clarify the regulatory mechanisms of viral genome replication dependent on the host-derived factor(s) identified. By comparative proteome analysis of RC-rich membrane fractions and subsequent gene silencing mediated by RNA interference, we identified several candidates for RC components involved in HCV replication. We found that one of these candidates, creatine kinase B (CKB), a key ATP-generating enzyme that regulates ATP in subcellular compartments of nonmuscle cells, is important for efficient replication of the HCV genome and propagation of infectious virus. CKB interacts with HCV NS4A protein and forms a complex with NS3-4A, which possesses multiple enzyme activities. CKB upregulates both NS3-4A-mediated unwinding of RNA and DNA in vitro and replicase activity in permeabilized HCV replicating cells. Our results support a model in which recruitment of CKB to the HCV RC compartment, which has high and fluctuating energy demands, through its interaction with NS4A is important for efficient replication of the viral genome. The CKB-NS4A association is a potential target for the development of a new type of antiviral therapeutic strategy.



PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. e0117742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Carneiro ◽  
Ana Cláudia Silva Braga ◽  
Mariana Nogueira Batista ◽  
Mark Harris ◽  
Paula Rahal


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