Geminivirus AL2 and L2 proteins suppress transcriptional gene silencing and cause genome-wide reductions in cytosine methylation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 5005-5013

  Buchmann, R Cody ^a,d   Asad, Shaheen ^b   Wolf, Jamie N ^a   Mohannath, Gireesha ^a   Bisaro, David M ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^c Biotechnology Center   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE KINASE; AL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; L2 PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTEXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA METHYLATION; RNA VIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENOME; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GEMINIVIRIDAE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; POTATO VIRUS X; RNA VIRUSES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 65349164119     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01771-08     Document Type: Article

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