Seminar Vitantonio Pantaleo, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Italy. 11 March 12:30h

“Novelties in Dicer-like proteins as antiviral proteins in plants” Viruses are highly specialized to infect a limited range of host plants, leading in extreme cases to the full invasion of the host and a diseased phenotype. Resistance to viruses can be mediated by mechanisms, including the RNA-silencing machinery and the innate immune system. Plant DCLs […]