Rice ARGONAUTE 2 plays essential roles in a broad‐spectrum antiviral defense

2025/12/12 by Jiahao Li, Xueying Wu, Changtian Chen +4 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Plant Virus Research Studies #Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/jipb.70113

openalex publication_date 2025/12/12 · openalex created_date 2025/12/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Argonaute (AGO) proteins are important components of the RNA silencing machinery and play core roles in plant antiviral defenses. OsAGO2 was significantly induced by infection with Rice stripe virus and Rice dwarf virus. Loss-of-function ago2 mutant lines lack antiviral activity, and AGO2 over-expression lines show increased antiviral activity.

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