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Open AccessTaking advantage of a pathogen: understanding how a virus alleviates plant stress response
The simplicity of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) genome, encoding six proteins only, contrasts with the complexity of its impact on tomato plants. In this review, we discuss our understanding of how TYLCV ...
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The six Tomato yellow leaf curl virus genes expressed individually in tomato induce different levels of plant stress response attenuation
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a begomovirus infecting tomato plants worldwide. TYLCV needs a healthy host environment to ensure a successful infection cycle for long periods. H...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection mitigates the heat stress response of plants grown at high temperatures
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 19715; Published online: 21 January 2016; Updated: 11 May 2016 The original version of this Article contained errors in the spelling of the authors Ghandi Anfoka, Adi Mosh...
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Open AccessTomato yellow leaf curl virus infection mitigates the heat stress response of plants grown at high temperatures
Cultured tomatoes are often exposed to a combination of extreme heat and infection with Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV). This stress combination leads to intense disease symptoms and yield losses. The respo...
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Immunity to tomato yellow leaf curl virus in transgenic tomato is associated with accumulation of transgene small RNA
Gene silencing is a natural defense response of plants against invading RNA and DNA viruses. The RNA post-transcriptional silencing system has been commonly utilized to generate transgenic crop plants that are...
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Open AccessFrequent migration of introduced cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses among Middle Eastern countries
In the early 2000s, two cucurbit-infecting begomoviruses were introduced into the eastern Mediterranean basin: the Old World Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) and the New World Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WmCSV...
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Gene silencing of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
The Geminiviridae family has received a great deal of attention in recent years and is becoming one of the most important and studied families of plant viruses. Some reasons why so much effort has been dedicated ...
