title: Identification and characterization of the SSB1 locus involved in symptom development by Spring beauty latent virus infection in Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: The natural variation of Arabidopsis thaliana in response to a bromovirus, Spring beauty latent virus (SBLV), was examined. Of 63 Arabidopsis accessions tested, all were susceptible when inoculated with SBLV, although there was a large degree of variation in symptom development. Most accessions, including Columbia (Col-0), were symptomless or developed only mild symptoms, but four accessions, including S96, showed severe symptoms of SBLV infection. Genetic analysis suggested that the difference in the responses of Col-0 and S96 to SBLV was controlled by a single semidominant locus. We have designated this locus SSB1 (symptom development by SBLV infection). By using genetic markers, SSB1 was mapped to chromosome IV. The patterns of distribution and accumulation of SBLV in sensitive accessions were similar to those in the insensitive accessions. In addition, symptom development in S96 by SBLV infection was critically interrupted by the presence of the NahG gene, which encodes salicylic acid (SA) hydroxylase. These data suggest that symptom development in A. thaliana controlled by SSB1 is independent of the efficiency of SBLV multiplication and is dependent on SA signaling.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Koki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisaki
authors.forename: Fumi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hagihara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Azukawa
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaido
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mise
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D017795:Bromovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000821:virology