scholarly journals In vitro synthesis of infectious RNA molecules from cloned hop stunt viroid complementary DNA.

1983 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 251-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi OHNO ◽  
Masayuki ISHIKAWA ◽  
Nobuhiko TAKAMATSU ◽  
Tetsuo MESHI ◽  
Yoshimi OKADA ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 910-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Gómez ◽  
Vicente Pallás

We used the interaction of Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) and cucumber plants to investigate the involvement of phloem proteins in the systemic transport of RNA molecules. A ribonucleoprotein complex, stable even at high salt and temperature conditions, was detected in vitro between HSVd-RNA and the phloem exudate obtained from sectioned internodes from cucumber plants. The phloem protein 2 was recovered from this ribonucleoprotein complex and its RNA-binding properties as demonstrated by gel retardation analysis. The involvement of this protein in the movement of RNAs in cucumber is discussed.


1986 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 459-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Lubinski ◽  
G Kaplan ◽  
V R Racaniello ◽  
A Dasgupta

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (18) ◽  
pp. 10104-10110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Gómez ◽  
Vicente Pallás

ABSTRACT Viroids are highly structured plant pathogenic RNAs that do not code for any protein, and thus, their long-distance movement within the plant must be mediated by direct interaction with cellular factors, the nature of which is presently unknown. In addition to this type of RNAs, recent evidence indicates that endogenous RNAs move through the phloem acting as macromolecular signals involved in plant defense and development. The form in which these RNA molecules are transported to distal parts of the plant is unclear. Viroids can be a good model system to try to identify translocatable proteins that could assist the vascular movement of RNA molecules. Here, we demonstrate by use of immunoprecipitation experiments, that the phloem protein 2 from cucumber (CsPP2) is able to interact in vivo with a viroid RNA. Intergeneric graft assays revealed that both the CsPP2 and the Hop stunt viroid RNA were translocated to the scion. The translocated viroid is symptomatic in the nonhost scion, indicating that the translocated RNA is functional. The CsPP2 gene was cloned and sequenced. The analysis of its primary structure revealed the existence of a potential double-spaced-RNA-binding motif, previously identified in a set of proteins that bind to highly structured RNAs, which could explain its RNA-binding properties. The possible involvement of this phloem protein in assisting the long-distance movement of the viroid RNA within the plant is discussed.


FEBS Letters ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Krupp ◽  
Dieter Söll

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