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Open AccessThe mRNA surveillance factor Pelo restricts rice virus propagation in insect vectors and host plants
Many devastating plant viruses are transmitted by insect vectors among plant hosts in a persistent-propagative manner. Pelota (Pelo) is an evolutionarily conserved protein involved in the mRNA surveillance sys...
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Enhanced photocatalytic performance by regulating the Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio in cerium dioxide
Cerium dioxide (CeO2) photocatalysts are used in treating environmental pollution and addressing the energy crisis due to their excellent oxygen storage capacities and abundant oxygen vacancies. In this paper, Ce...
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Open AccessEffects of low nitrogen on seedling growth, photosynthetic characteristics and antioxidant system of rice varieties with different nitrogen efficiencies
Nitrogen plays a significant role in influencing various physiological processes in plants, thereby impacting their ability to withstand abiotic stresses. This study used hydroponics to compare the effects of ...
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Autophagy mediates a direct synergistic interaction during co-transmission of two distinct arboviruses by insect vectors
Multiple viral infections in insect vectors with synergistic effects are common in nature, but the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we find that rice gall dwarf reovirus (RGDV) facilitates the trans...
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Open AccessArboviruses and symbiotic viruses cooperatively hijack insect sperm-specific proteins for paternal transmission
Arboviruses and symbiotic viruses can be paternally transmitted by male insects to their offspring for long-term viral persistence in nature, but the mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, we identify the sp...
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Open AccessWing jig shape optimisation with gradient-assisted metamodel building in a trust-region optimisation framework
Significant computational resources are required to obtain an optimised wing jig shape by solving a high-fidelity large-scale aero-structural design optimisation problem. Gradient-based methods are efficient; ...
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Open AccessPolyamine-metabolizing enzymes are activated to promote the proper assembly of rice stripe mosaic virus in insect vectors
Both viruses and host cells compete for intracellular polyamines for efficient propagation. Currently, how the key polyamine-metabolizing enzymes, including ornithine decarboxylase 1 (ODC1) and its antizyme 1 ...
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Open AccessGelsolin of insect vectors negatively regulates actin-based tubule motility of plant reoviruses
Most plant reoviruses encode a type of nonstructural protein that assembles tubular structures to package virions for viral spread in planthopper or leafhopper vectors. These tubules are propelled by actin fil...
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Open AccessViral pathogens hitchhike with insect sperm for paternal transmission
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) can be maternally transmitted by female insects to their offspring, however, it is unknown whether male sperm can directly interact with the arbovirus and mediate its pate...
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Open AccessDNA methylation affects metastasis of renal cancer and is associated with TGF-β/RUNX3 inhibition
Renal cell carcinoma accounts for 2–3% of all cancers and metastasis increased the malignancy of renal cancer. However, the role of methylation in metastasis of renal cancer is poorly understood.
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Insect symbiotic bacteria harbour viral pathogens for transovarial transmission
Many insects, including mosquitoes, planthoppers, aphids and leafhoppers, are the hosts of bacterial symbionts and the vectors for transmitting viral pathogens1–3. In general, symbiotic bacteria can indirectly af...
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Open AccessThe speed of tubule formation of two fijiviruses corresponds with their dissemination efficiency in their insect vectors
Rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV) and Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV) are two closely related fijiviruses transmitted by the small brown planthopper (SBPH) and ...
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Open AccessSmall interfering RNA pathway modulates persistent infection of a plant virus in its insect vector
Plant reoviruses, rhabdoviruses, tospoviruses, and tenuiviruses are transmitted by insect vectors in a persistent-propagative manner. How such persistent infection of plant viruses in insect vectors is establi...
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The P7-1 protein of southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus, a fijivirus, induces the formation of tubular structures in insect cells
Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV), an insect- and plant-infecting reovirus of the genus Fijivirus, induced the formation of virus-containing tubules in infected plant and insect vector cells. Expr...
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Transgenic expression of TaMYB2A confers enhanced tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis
Osmotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and cold are major environmental factors that limit agricultural productivity. Transcription factors play essential roles in abiotic stress signaling in plants. Three T...
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Pc4, a putative movement protein of Rice stripe virus, interacts with a type I DnaJ protein and a small Hsp of rice
Rice stripe virus (RSV) infects rice and causes great yield reduction in some Asian countries. In this study, rice cDNA library was screened by a Gal4-based yeast two-hybrid system using pc4, a putative movement...
