| comparison of small rna profiles in nicotiana benthamiana and solanum lycopersicum infected by polygonum ringspot tospovirus reveals host-specific responses to viral infection. | viral small rnas (vsrnas) are one of the key elements involved in rna silencing-based defense against viruses in plants. we analyzed the vsrna profiles in nicotiana benthamiana and solanum lycopersicum infected by polygonum ringspot virus (polrsv) (tospovirus, bunyaviridae). vsrnas were abundant in both hosts, but a different size profile was observed, with an abundance peak at 21 in n. benthamiana and at 22 nt in tomato. vsrnas mapping to the polrsv l genomic segment were under-represented in b ... | 2016 | 26432447 |