Co-Authors:
Sela, N., Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Luria, N., Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Dombrovsky, A., Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
Abstract:
The family Endornaviridae infects diverse hosts, including plants, fungi, and oomycetes. Here we report for the first time the assembly of bell pepper endornavirus by next-generation sequencing of viral small RNA. Such a population of small RNA indicates the activation of the viral immunity silencing machinery by this cryptic virus, which probably encodes a novel silencing suppressor. © 2012, American Society for Microbiology.