Open AccessThe Great Escape: How a Plant DNA Virus Hijacks an Imprinted Host Gene to Avoid Silencing
Author(s) -
Matthias Benoit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.20.00631
Subject(s) - biology , host (biology) , gene silencing , gene , genetics , virology , evolutionary biology
Plant viruses are a major threat to global food security. The large family of geminiviruses has a broad pathogenic impact on economically important crops such as maize ( Zea mays ), tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ), and cassava ( Manihot esculenta ), and causes millions of tons of losses per year
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