Plant-Virus Interactions

Tatjana Kleinow, PhD, is Privatdozentin and Principal Investiator at the University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Energy, Technology, Process Engineering and Biological Engineering, Germany. Her research focuses on molecular biology of plant virus movement, identification and functional characterization of molecular virus/plant interactions in intra- and intercellular transport of Geniminviruses and Macromolecular characterization of regulatory plant factors implicated in intra- and intercellular movement.

Section I Basic concepts in pathogen-host interaction in intra- and intercellular transport: Host factors in viral movement.- Intrinsic responses of host cells.- Influence of viral infection on to large organelles.- Impact of host cell alterations on the plant physiology and development.-Section II Trafficking of viral entities: Intracellular movement with MPs associated with and without tubule formation.- Intracellular membrane trafficking in response to pathogen/virus stress.- Viral transport processes focus on remodeling of endomembrane system.- Viral transport processes focus on cytoskeletal elements.-Section III Nuclear processes in viral transport: Nuclear import and export of plant virus proteins and genomes.- Virus-induced remodeling of the nuclear architecture.-Section IV Plasmodesmata function and structure: Regulation of plasmodesmata transport.- Regulation of plasmodesmata for virus transport.-Section V Posttranslational modification of viral proteins by host enzymes: Regulation of viral protein function and viral MPs.-Section VI Cellular biology of host defense responses: Innate defense mechanisms.- Manipulation of resistance signaling pathways by a viral pathogens.- Role of small RNAs in virus host interaction.