title: Plant virus proteins involved in natural vector transmission.
abstract: Plant viruses transmitted by invertebrate vectors either reversibly bind to vector mouthparts or are internalized by the vector and later secreted. Viral proteins mediate the binding of plant viruses to vector mouthparts and the transport of virus across vector-cell membranes. Both mechanisms probably involve conformational changes of virus proteins during their association with the vector.
authors.affiliation: USDA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. smg3@cornell.edu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000821:virology; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000821:virology; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000821:virology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D005544:Forecasting; D005658:Fungi / Q000821:virology; D015870:Gene Expression; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000821:virology; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000502:physiology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins