Lost in translation: an antiviral plant defense mechanism revealed
- PMID: 25856748
- DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.03.009
Lost in translation: an antiviral plant defense mechanism revealed
Abstract
Plant viruses depend on the host translational machinery to establish their infectious cycle. In a recent Nature publication, Zorzatto et al. (2015) highlight the suppression of the protein synthesis process as an antiviral defense mechanism in plants.
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NIK1-mediated translation suppression functions as a plant antiviral immunity mechanism.Nature. 2015 Apr 30;520(7549):679-82. doi: 10.1038/nature14171. Epub 2015 Feb 23. Nature. 2015. PMID: 25707794 Free PMC article.
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