Abstract
Viral infection of plants is a complex process whereby the virus parasitizes the host and utilizes its cellular machinery to multiply and spread. In turn, plants have evolved signaling mechanisms that ultimately limit the ingress and spread of viral pathogens, resulting in resistance. By dissecting the interaction between host and virus, knowledge of signaling pathways that are deployed for resistance against these pathogens has been gained. Advances in this area have shown that resistance signaling against viruses does not follow a prototypic pathway but rather different host factors may play a role in resistance to different viral pathogens. Some components of viral resistance signaling pathways also appear to be conserved with those functioning in signaling pathways operational against other nonviral pathogens, however, these pathways may or may not overlap. This review aims to document the advances that have improved our understanding of plant resistance to viruses.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Virus Research |
| Editors | Karl Maramorosch, Aaron Shatkin |
| Pages | 161-191 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in Virus Research |
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| Volume | 65 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0065-3527 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are grateful to D'Maris Dempsey and David Smith for critical comments on the manuscript and to Ludmila Lapchyk for help with editing. Our work described in this review was supported by grants from the USDA‐NRI (99–35303–8087 and 2003–35319–13312), NSF (MCB‐0110404, MCB‐0421914, and IBN‐0525330), and the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF‐555‐RDE‐005).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology
- Infectious Diseases
