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Ophiovirus movement mechanism

 

Citrus psorosis virus (CPsV) and Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus (MiLBVV), members of the Ophioviridae family, have segmented negative-sense single-stranded RNA genomes. RNA movement throught plasmodesmata is a key step in plant development, defense against pathogens, a intercellular communication. Virus have evolved to exploit these means of RNA movement to infected the adyent cell and as a consequence the whole plant. I am focused in understanding and characterizing the movment mechanismo of CPsV and MiLBVV. To that end we combine several microscopy techniques to gain insight into ophiovirus movement mechanism.

• Barcala Tabarrozzi, A. E., Peña, E. J., Dal Bo, E., Robles Luna, G., Reyes, C. A. & Garcia, M. L. (2010). Identification of Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus andLettuce big-vein associated virus infecting Lactuca sativa with symptoms of lettuce big-vein disease in Argentina. Plant Pathology 59, 1160-1161. Plant Pathology

• Peña, E. J., Robles Luna, G., Zanek, M. C., Borniego, M. B., Reyes, C. A., Heinlein, M. & Garcia, M. L. (2012). Citrus psorosis and Mirafiori lettuce big-vein ophiovirus coat proteins localize to the cytoplasm and self interact in vivo. Virus research 170, 34-43. PubMed

• Robles Luna, G., Peña, E. J., Borniego, M. B., Heinlein, M. & Garcia, M. L. (2013). Ophioviruses CPsV and MiLBVV movement protein is encoded in RNA 2 and interacts with the coat protein. Virology 441, 152-161. PubMed