Pre-inoculation of ago2 and DCL2/4-deficient Nicotiana benthamiana plants with the Pepino mosaic virus EU mild isolate confers complete protection against superinfection with the aggressive isolate

The phenomenon whereby plants infected with a mild isolate of a virus are cross-protected from subsequent “challenge” inoculation with a severe isolate of the same virus resembles mammalian vaccination and was first described almost 100 years ago. In this study, the ability of wild type (wt), ago2-...

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Main Authors: Theodore Spanos, Amira Ghodbane, Aya Rezazga, Márta Ludman, Károly Fátyol, Toufic Elbeaino, Ioannis Livieratos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Virology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fviro.2025.1584535/full
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