Open AccessViral Defense and Counterdefense: A Role for Adenosine Kinase in Innate Defense and RNA Silencing
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2003
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.151211
Subject(s) - biology , rna silencing , innate immune system , gene silencing , plant defense against herbivory , microbiology and biotechnology , rna interference , rna , virology , genetics , gene , immune system
Geminiviruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that cause severe disease ([Figure 1][1]) and considerable damage to crops worldwide, including tomato, cotton, maize, bean, and cassava. They have small circular genomes that lack genes for DNA and RNA polymerases, and viral replication and
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