Viroid infection and host epigenetic alterations

Abstract

Effects of the viroid infection on the host epigenetic-landscape. Viroid derived biological forms (circular monomers, multimers, linear monomers, and viroid derived small RNAs [vd-sRNAs]) produced during viroid life cycle accumulate in infected plants. As a consequence of this canonical infection process, diverse alterations are induced in the host epigenome. The biological pathways subverted by viroids to promote these changes remain, in general, in a conundrum. (+) plus strand. (−) minus strand.

Keywords

DNA methylation; Epigenetic plant-response to infections; RNA-dependent DNA-methylation; Viroid-host interaction; Viroid-induced pathogenesis

Published in

Title: Fundamentals of Viroid Biology
Publisher: Elsevier

SLU Authors

• Marquez Molins, Joan

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • University of Valencia

• Martinez-Arias, Germán

  • Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Microbiology
Botany

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99688-4.00009-2
• ISBN: 978-0-323-99688-4

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129564