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Functional Descriptions:

  • AGO2a but not AGO2b mediates antiviral defense against infection of wild-type cucumber mosaic virus in tomato.
  • Our findings firstly reveal a prominent role of AGO2a in antiviral RNAi innate immunity in tomato and demonstrate that antiviral RNAi evolves to defend against infection of natural wild-type CMV-Fny in tomato.
  • AGO2a-mediated antiviral RNAi does not play major roles in promoting tolerance of tomato plants to CMV infection for maintaining health.
  • Thus, these variations of expression pattern between AGO2a and AGO2b are well consistent with their distinct functions in antiviral RNAi in tomato, and probably underlie their roles in antiviral defense in tomato.

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