The extremophile Nicotiana benthamiana has traded viral defence for early vigour.

Julia Bally,Kenlee Nakasugi,Fangzhi Jia,Hyungtaek Jung,Simon Y. W. Ho,Mei Wong,Chloe M. Paul,Fatima Naim,Craig C. Wood,Ross N. Crowhurst,Roger P. Hellens,James L. Dale,Peter M. Waterhouse

The extremophile Nicotiana benthamiana has traded viral defence for early vigour.

2015

Julia Bally
Kenlee Nakasugi
Fangzhi Jia
Hyungtaek Jung
Simon Y. W. Ho
Mei Wong
Chloe M. Paul
Fatima Naim
Craig C. Wood
Ross N. Crowhurst
Roger P. Hellens
James L. Dale
Peter M. Waterhouse

The viral hypersensitivity of Nicotiana benthamiana results from an insertion in the RNA polymerase, Rdr1. Population analyses showed that the Rdr1 insertion originated from a population that trades viral defence for vigour in an extreme Australian habitat.

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Extremophile
Nicotiana benthamiana
Genetics
Population
RNA polymerase
Botany
Biology
Gene
RNA polymerase I
Mutation
Gene silencing
RNA interference

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