US-2247-94 Abstract Achievements
Nuclear Import of lthe Tomato Yellow Curl Leaf Virus in Tomato Plants Budget Duration
$300,000 3 years
Gafni, Y. ARO, Min. Ag.
Citovsky, V. NYSU, Stony Brook

Publication List


Ballas, N. and V. Citovsky (1997). Nuclear localization signal binding protein from Arabidopsis mediates nuclear import of Agrobacterium VirD2 protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA. 94:10723-10728


Kunik, T., K. Palanichelvam, H. Czosnek, V. Citovsky and Y. Gafni (1998). Nuclear import of the capsid protein of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in plant and insect cells. Plant J 13:393-399

Kunik,T., H. Czosnek, V. Citovsky and Y. Gafni (1997). Transgenic Tomato Plants Expressing the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Capsid Protein are Resistant to the Virus - The Role of a Putative NLS in the Capsid Protein in the Resistance.   Acta Hortic 447:387-391

Palanichelvam, K., H. Czosnek, V. Citovsky and Y. Gafni (1998). The capsid protein of tomato yellow leaf curl virus binds cooperatively to single-stranded DNA.  J Gen Virol 78::2829-2833

Citovsky, V., S. Ghoshroy, F. Tsui and D.F. Klessig (1998). Non-toxic concentrations of cadmium inhibit tobamoviral systemic movement by a salicylic acid-independent mechanism.  Plant J 16:13-20

Gafni, Y. (1998). Nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of geminiviral proteins.  Curr Sci 75:1148-1152

Ghoshroy, S. and V. Citovsky (1998). Preservation of plant cell ultrastructure during immunolocalization of virus particles.  J Virol Methods 74:223-229

Lartey, R., S. Ghoshroy and V. Citovsky (1998). Identification of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutation (vsm1) that restricts systemic movement of tobamoviruses.  Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 11:706-709

Sheng, J., R. Lartey, S. Ghoshroy and V. Citovsky (1998). An Arabidopsis mutant with virus-inducible phenotype.  Virology :119-128

Ballas, N. and V. Citovsky (1997). AtKAPa gene from Arabidopsis (Accession No. U69533) encodes a protein that mediates nuclear import of Agrobacterium VirD2 protein (PGR97-129).  Plant Physiol 115:314

Citovsky, V., B. Guralnick, M. Simon and J. Wall (1997). The molecular structure of agrobacterium VirE2-single stranded DNA complexes involved in nuclear import.  J Mol Biol 272:718-727

Gafni, Y. and T. Kunik (1998). Nuclear transport of geminiviral proteins.   Trends Plant Pathol 1:65-70

Ghoshroy, S., K. Feldman and V. Citovsky (1998). Inhibition of plant viral systemic movement by non-toxic concentrations of cadmium.  Plant J 13:591-602

Ghoshroy, S., R. Lartey, J. Sheng and V. Citovsky (1996). Transport of Proteins and Nucleic Acids through Plasmodesmata.  Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant M 48:27-50

Guralnick, B., G. Thomsen and V. Citovsky (1996). Transport of DNA into the Nuclei of Xenopus Oocytes by a Modified VirE2 Protein of Agrobacterium.  Plant Cell 8:363-373

Lartey, L. and V. Citovsky (1997). Nucleic acid transport in plant-pathogen interactions.  Genet Eng 19:201

Lartey, R., S. Ghoshroy, J. Hoe and V. Citovsky (1997). Movement and subcelluar localization of a tobamovirus in Arabidopsis.  Plant J 12:537-545

Sheng J., and V. Citovsky (1996). Agrobacterium-Plant Cell Interaction: Have Virulence Proteins - Will Travel.  Plant Cell 8:1669-1710