A fijiviral nonstructural protein triggers cell death in plant and bacterial cells via its transmembrane domain.

Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus (SRBSDV; Fijivirus, Reoviridae) has become a threat to cereal production in East Asia in recent years. Our previous cytopathologic studies have suggested that SRBSDV induces a process resembling programmed cell death in infected tissues that results in distinctive growth abnormalities. The viral product responsible for the cell death, however, remains unknown.

Generation of Marker-Free Transgenic Rice Resistant to Rice Blast Disease Using Transposon-Mediated Transgene Reintegration System.

Rice blast is one of the most serious diseases of rice and a major threat to rice production. Breeding disease-resistant rice is one of the most economical, safe, and effective measures for the control of rice blast. As a complement to traditional crop breeding, the transgenic method can avoid the time-consuming process of crosses and multi-generation selection.

Transcriptome Analysis Highlights Defense and Signaling Pathways Mediated by Rice Gene with Partial Resistance to .

Rice blast disease is one of the most destructive rice diseases worldwide. The gene confers partial and durable resistance to . However, little is known regarding the molecular mechanisms of resistance mediated by the loss-of-function of .

Identification and characterization of the interaction between viroplasm-associated proteins from two different plant-infecting reoviruses and eEF-1A of rice.

A rice protein homologous to eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A (eEF-1A) was found to interact with the Pns6 of rice ragged stunt virus (RRSV), the type member of the genus Oryzavirus, family Reoviridae, in yeast two-hybrid screening. The interaction between the rice protein, designated OseEF-1A, and RRSV Pns6 was confirmed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation. Besides Pns6, OseEF-1A also interacted with the viroplasm matrix protein, Pns10, of RRSV.

p2 of rice stripe virus (RSV) interacts with OsSGS3 and is a silencing suppressor.

A rice cDNA library was screened by a galactosidase 4 (Gal4)-based yeast two-hybrid system with Rice stripe virus (RSV) p2 as bait. The results revealed that RSV p2 interacted with a rice protein exhibiting a high degree of identity with Arabidopsis thaliana suppressor of gene silencing 3 (AtSGS3). The interaction was confirmed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation assay.

The early secretory pathway and an actin-myosin VIII motility system are required for plasmodesmatal localization of the NSvc4 protein of Rice stripe virus.

Plant viruses utilize movement proteins to gain access to plasmodesmata (PD) for cell-to-cell propagation. While the NSvc4 protein of Rice stripe virus (RSV) is implicated in the passage of viruses from cell to cell, its role remains to be elucidated. We examined the mechanisms by which RSV NSvc4 is targeted to PD in cell walls.