Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead ...

Plant viral diseases are a global and growing problem. Potyviruses are the largest genus of RNA viruses in plants. We are interested in molecular elucidation of the different stages of potyvirus ...

Viruses pose a severe threat to global ... Especially, the research shows that the Func sensor can detect enteroviral RNA release from the capsid in real-time in vitro. "This means that the ...

Viruses that do not bud from the host cell membrane do not have an envelope, so they are called “naked” or “nonenveloped.” These viruses have only the capsid surrounding their genetic ...

New RNA-based active agents reliably protect plants against the Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), the most common virus in agriculture and horticulture. They were developed by researchers at the Martin ...

“RNA interference has been tried to control DNA viruses in plants, but it has not worked well.” Based on the reported results, “I believe that the CRISPR-Cas9 system can be extensively applied as a ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed the first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, ...

Like other viruses ... capsid proteins surrounded by an envelope and a shell of proteins. After infecting a host cell, the dengue virus hijacks the host cell's machinery to replicate the viral RNA ...

The dengue virus ... capsid proteins surrounded by an envelope and a shell of proteins. After infecting a host cell, the dengue virus hijacks the host cell's machinery to replicate the viral RNA ...

Viruses are comparatively simple in structure, consisting of a piece of genetic material (RNA or DNA) enclosed in a protein coat (the capsid ... to target invasive plant species (reducing ...

A new level of RNA-based plant protection: dsRNAs designed from functionally characterized siRNAs highly effective against Cucumber mosaic virus. Nucleic Acids Research , 2025; 53 (5) DOI: 10.1093 ...