MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China.
MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Beijing Life Science Academy, Beijing 102206, China; Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, China.
Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Oct 9;32(10):1644-1645. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.08.019.
Vertical transmission of plant viruses through seeds has been known for a century, yet the mechanism for seeds to combat viral infection remains unclear. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Liu and Ding demonstrate the genetic requirement of RNA silencing (RNAi) pathway for plants to suppress seed transmission.
植物病毒通过种子的垂直传播已经为人所知一个世纪了,但种子对抗病毒感染的机制仍不清楚。在本期《细胞宿主与微生物》中,刘和丁展示了 RNA 沉默(RNAi)途径对植物抑制种子传播的遗传要求。