Archives of Virology (2010) 155, 263-268

Yasuyuki Yamaji, Keitaro Sakurai, Koji Hamada, Ken Komatsu, Johji Ozeki, Akiko Yoshida, Atsushi Yoshii, Takumi Shimizu, Shigetou Namba and Tadaaki Hibi (2010)
Significance of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A in Tobacco mosaic virus infection
Archives of Virology 155 (2), 263-268
Abstract: Eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A (eEF1A) has been shown to interact with both the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and the 3'-terminal genomic RNA of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). In this study, we demonstrated that the down-regulation of eEF1A mRNA levels by virus-induced gene silencing using potato virus X vector dramatically reduced the accumulation of TMV RNA and the spread of TMV infection. The translation activity of the eEF1A-silenced Nicotiana benthamiana leaves was not severely affected. Collectively, these results suggest an essential role of eEF1A in TMV infection.
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Database assignments for author(s): Shigetou Namba

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Tobacco mosaic virus