Book ID: 92553
Waigmann, Elisabeth and Manfred Heinlein (eds.)
Viral Transport in Plants. 2007. (Plant Cell Monographs, Volume 7). 2 col. illustr. 15 b/w illustr. XII, 188 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Provides a state of the art overview of the intricate functional virus:host relationships that allow a virus or viroid to move cell-to-cell and systemically through the plant, as well as from plant to plant,and, thus, to spread infection. Also illustrates the mechanisms bywhich viruses overcome plant defence responses, such as RNA silencing.Arabidopsis is introduced as a plant host eminently suitable for geneticapproaches to identify novel players in plant:virus interactions.