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. 2017 Aug;22(8):646-648.
doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.007. Epub 2017 Jun 17.

Autophagy: A Double-Edged Sword to Fight Plant Viruses

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Autophagy: A Double-Edged Sword to Fight Plant Viruses

Marion Clavel et al. Trends Plant Sci. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

In metazoans, autophagy is an essential component of host defense against viruses, orchestrating their degradation. Such antiviral functions for autophagy have also been long suspected in the green lineage. Two recent reports provide molecular insights on how plants selectively send viral proteins and even particles to the vacuole.

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