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Influence of retinoblastoma-related gene silencing on the initiation of DNA replication by African cassava mosaic virus Rep in cells of mature leaves in Nicotiana benthamiana plants
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Bruce, Gareth, Gu, Mei, Shi, Nongnong, Liu, Yule and Hong, Yiguo (2011) Influence of retinoblastoma-related gene silencing on the initiation of DNA replication by African cassava mosaic virus Rep in cells of mature leaves in Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Virology Journal, Vol.8 (No.1). p. 561. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-8-561
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-8-561
Abstract
Background
Geminiviruses mainly infect terminally differentiated tissues and cells in plants. They need to reprogramme host cellular machinery for DNA replication. This process is thought to be mediated by inactivation of cell-cycle repressor proteins and by induction of host DNA synthesis protein expression through actions of the geminviral replication initiator protein (Rep).
Findings
Exploiting a Nicotiana benthamiana pOri2 line, which is transformed with a transgene consisting of a direct repeat of the African cassava mosaic virus (ACMV)-replication origin (Ori) flanking a non-viral DNA region, and virus-induced RNA silencing (VIGS), the impact of host gene expression on replication of the ACMV-derived replicon was investigated. The ACMV Rep trans-replicated the viral episomal replicon in leaves of young but not older pOri2 plants. Upon VIGS-mediated down-regulation of N. benthamiana NbRBR1, the retinoblastoma-related protein gene coding for a negative cell-cycle suppressor, recovered the ability of ACMV Rep for trans DNA replication, whereas the silencing of NbPCNA coding for the sliding clamp of DNA polymerase had no effect.
Conclusions
These results suggest that the cellular machinery for DNA replication in differentiated tissues of older leaves cannot be reprogrammed by Rep alone but may need other uncharacterised viral and plant factors.
| Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mosaic viruses, Nicotiana benthamiana -- Viruses, DNA replication, Plant gene silencing, Retinoblastoma | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Virology Journal | ||||
| Publisher: | Bio Med Central | ||||
| ISSN: | 1743-422X | ||||
| Official Date: | 28 December 2011 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.8 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 561 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1186/1743-422X-8-561 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 December 2015 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 December 2015 | ||||
| Funder: | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC) | ||||
| Grant number: | BBS/E/H/00032637 (BBSRC), BBS/E/H/00YH221 (BBSRC), BBS/S/K/2003/10157A (BBSRC) |
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