Botrytis virus X ORF2 suppresses RNA silencing in a trigger-restricted manner and modulates is associated with altered Dicer-like gene expression in Botrytis cinerea
RNA interference (RNAi) is a central antiviral defense mechanism in fungi, yet relatively few mycoviral suppressors of RNA silencing (VSRs) have been functionally characterized, particularly in phytopathogenic hosts. Botrytis virus X (BVX), a positive-sense RNA virus in the family Alphaflexiviridae, infects Botrytis cinerea and encodes five predicted open reading frames (ORFs), most of which have…
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