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Creator:: Garcia-Ruiz, Hernan, Carbonell, Alberto, Hoyer, J. Steen, Fahlgren, Noah, Gilbert, Kerrigan B., Takeda, Atsushi, Giampetruzzi, Annalisa, Garcia Ruiz, Mayra T., McGinn, Michaela G., Lowery, Nicholas, Martinez Baladejo, Maria T., and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: In eukaryotes, ARGONAUTE proteins (AGOs) associate with microRNAs (miRNAs), short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and other classes of small RNAs to regulate target RNA or target loci. Viral infection in plants induces a potent and highly specific antiviral RNA silencing response characterized by the formation of virus-derived siRNAs. Arabidopsis thaliana has...
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Creator:: Fahlgren, Noah, Bollmann, Stephanie R., Kasschau, Kristin D., Cuperus, Josh T., Press, Caroline M., Sullivan, Christopher M., Chapman, Elisabeth J., Hoyer, J. Steen, Gilbert, Kerrigan B., Grunwald, Niklaus J., and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: In eukaryotes, RNA silencing pathways utilize 20-30-nucleotide small RNAs to regulate gene expression, specify and maintain chromatin structure, and repress viruses and mobile genetic elements. RNA silencing was likely present in the common ancestor of modern eukaryotes, but most research has focused on plant and animal RNA silencing systems. Phytophthora...
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Creator:: Kurth, Elizabeth G., Peremyslov, Valera V., Prokhnevsky, Alexey I., Kasschau, Kristin D., Miller, Marilyn, Carrington, James C., and Dolja, Valerian V.
Abstract:: The improvement of the agricultural and wine-making qualities of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is hampered by adherence to traditional varieties, the recalcitrance of this plant to genetic modifications, and public resistance to genetically modified organism (GMO) technologies. To address these challenges, we developed an RNA virus-based vector for the introduction...
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Creator:: Carbonell, Alberto, Fahlgren, Noah, Garcia-Ruiz, Hernan, Gilbert, Kerrigan B., Montgomery, Taiowa A., Nguyen, Tammy, Cuperus, Josh T., and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: In RNA-directed silencing pathways, ternary complexes result from small RNA-guided ARGONAUTE (AGO) associating with target transcripts. Target transcripts are often silenced through direct cleavage (slicing), destabilization through slicer-independent turnover mechanisms, and translational repression. Here, wild-type and active-site defective forms of several Arabidopsis thaliana AGO proteins involved in posttranscriptional silencing were...
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Creator:: Fischer, Sylvia E. J., Montgomery, Taiowa A., Zhang, Chi, Fahlgren, Noah, Breen, Peter C., Hwang, Alexia, Sullivan, Christopher M., Carrington, James C., and Ruvkun, Gary
Abstract:: Endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are a class of naturally occuring regulatory RNAs found in fungi, plants, and animals. Some endogenous siRNAs are required to silence transposons or function in chromosome segregation; however, the specific roles of most endogenous siRNAs are unclear. The helicase gene eri-6/7 was identified in the...
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Creator:: Verchot, Jeanmarie and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: Tobacco etch virus (TEV) encodes three proteinases that catalyze processing of the genome-encoded polyprotein. The P1 proteinase originates from the N terminus of the polyprotein and catalyzes proteolysis between itself and the helper component proteinase (HC-Pro). Mutations resulting in substitution of a single amino acid, small insertions, or deletions were...
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Creator:: Li, Xiao Hua and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: A genetic complementation system was developed in which tobacco etch virus (TEV) polymerase (NIb)- expressing transgenic plants or protoplasts were inoculated with NIb-defective TEV mutants. A β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene integrated into the genomes of parental and four mutant viruses was used to assay RNA amplification. Two mutants (termed VNN...
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Creator:: Carrington, James C. and Freed, Deon D.
Abstract:: The RNA genome of tobacco etch virus (TEV), a plant potyvirus, functions as an mRNA for synthesis of a 346-kilodalton polyprotein that undergoes extensive proteolytic processing. The RNA lacks a normal 5' cap structure at its terminus, which suggests that the mechanism of translational initiation differs from that of a...
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Creator:: Verchot, Jeanmarie and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: The tobacco etch potyvirus (TEV) polyprotein is proteolytically processed by three viral proteinases (NIa, HC-Pro, and P1). While the NIa and HC-Pro proteinases each provide multiple functions essential for viral infectivity, the role of the P1 proteinase beyond its autoproteolytic activity is understood poorly. To determine if P1 is necessary...
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Creator:: Carrington, James C., Freed, Deon D., and Sanders, Tatia C.
Abstract:: The virus-encoded proteins of tobacco etch virus (TEV), a plant potyvirus, arise by proteolytic processing of a large polyprotein precursor. The TEV genome codes for two proteinases, a 49-kilodalton proteinase and helper component proteinase (HC-Pro), which cleave the polyprotein at specific sites. The only known cleavage event catalyzed by HC-Pro...
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