Publication Date:
2006-06-03
Description:
The mechanisms underlying induction and suppression of RNA silencing in the ongoing plant-virus arms race are poorly understood. We show here that virus-derived small RNAs produced by Arabidopsis Dicer-like 4 (DCL4) program an effector complex conferring antiviral immunity. Inhibition of DCL4 by a viral-encoded suppressor revealed the subordinate antiviral activity of DCL2. Accordingly, inactivating both DCL2 and DCL4 was necessary and sufficient to restore systemic infection of a suppressor-deficient virus. The effects of DCL2 were overcome by increasing viral dosage in inoculated leaves, but this could not surmount additional, non-cell autonomous effects of DCL4 specifically preventing viral unloading from the vasculature. These findings define a molecular framework for studying antiviral silencing and defense in plants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Deleris, Angelique -- Gallego-Bartolome, Javier -- Bao, Jinsong -- Kasschau, Kristin D -- Carrington, James C -- Voinnet, Olivier -- AI43288/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Jul 7;313(5783):68-71. Epub 2006 Jun 1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut de Biologie Moleculaire des Plantes, CNRS Unite Propre de Recherche (UPR) 2357, 12, rue du General Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16741077" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Arabidopsis/enzymology/genetics/metabolism/*virology
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Arabidopsis Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism
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Carmovirus/physiology
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Cell Cycle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism
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Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
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Mutation
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Plant Diseases/virology
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Plant Leaves/virology
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Plant Viruses/*physiology
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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*RNA Interference
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RNA Viruses/physiology
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RNA, Double-Stranded/metabolism
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RNA, Small Interfering/*metabolism
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RNA, Viral/*metabolism
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RNA-Induced Silencing Complex/metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Ribonuclease III/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism
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Ribonucleases/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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Viral Proteins/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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