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Molecular Identification And Characterization Of Heat Shock Protein 70 Family Proteins Essential For Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Ziwei Tang
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Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) belongs to the RNA virus family of Potyviridae and genus Potyvirus. TuMV incurs agricultural losses by causing diseases in vegetable, oilseed, forage, and biofuel crops globally. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites depending on the host cellular machinery to proliferate. Thus, molecular identification and functional characterization of host factors essential in the viral infection process may open up a new avenue towards developing genetic virus resistance. Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) or its isoform (eIF(iso)4E) is a critical host factor for many potyviruses including TuMV. Heat shock protein 70 family proteins (HSP70) have been identified in …