Lost in Translation: An Antiviral Plant Defense Mechanism Revealed.

Valerie Nicaise (1)

1 BFP - Biologie du fruit et pathologie

Plant viruses depend on the host translational machinery to establish their infectious cycle. In a recent Nature publication, Zorzatto et al. (2015) highlight the suppression of the protein synthesis process as an antiviral defense mechanism in plants.

Domaines: Phytopathologie et phytopharmacie

Valerie Nicaise. Lost in Translation: An Antiviral Plant Defense Mechanism Revealed.. Cell Host and Microbe, 2015, 17 (4), pp.417-419. ⟨10.1016/j.chom.2015.03.009⟩. ⟨hal-02632033⟩