Publications
- Host responses to virus infection
- Plasmodesmata and virus movement
- Potyvirus VPg – roles and interactions
Host responses to virus infection
Maule, A.J., Caranta, C. & Boulton, M.I. (2007) Sources of natural resistance to plant viruses:status and prospects. Molecular Plant Pathology 8, 223-231.
Aparicio, F., Thomas, C.L., Lederer, C., Niu, Y., Wang, D. and Maule, A.J. (2005) Virus induction of heat shock protein 70 reflects a general response to protein accumulation in the plant cytosol. Plant Physiology 138, 529-536.
Maule, A.J., Leh, V. and Lederer, C. (2002) The dialogue between viruses and hosts in compatible interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 5, 279-284.
Havelda, Z. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Complex spatial responses to Cucumber mosaic virus infection in susceptible Cucurbita pepo cotyledons. The Plant Cell 12, 1975-1985.
Escaler, M., Aranda, M.A., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Pea embryonic tissues show common responses to the replication of a wide range of viruses. Virology 267, 318-325.
Escaler, M., Aranda, M.A., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2000) A comparison between virus replication and abiotic stress (heat) as modifiers of host gene expression in pea. Molecular Plant Pathology 1, 159-168.
Maule, A.J., Escaler, M. and Aranda, M.A. (2000) Programmed responses to virus replication in plants. Molecular Plant Pathology 1, 9-15.
Revers, F., Le Gall, O., Candresse, T. and Maule A.J. (1999) New advances in understanding the molecular biology of plant/potyvirus interactions. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 12, 367-376.
Aranda, M.A., Escaler, M., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (1999) A heat shock transcription factor in pea is differentially controlled by heat and virus replication. The Plant Journal 20, 153-161.
Aranda, M.A. and Maule, A.J. (1998) Virus-induced host gene shut-off in animals and plants. Virology 243, 261-267.
Aranda, M.A., Escaler, M., Wang, D., Maule, A.J. (1996) Induction of HSP70 and polyubiquitin expression associated with plant virus replication. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA, 93, 15289-15293.
Tecsi, L.I., Smith A.M., Maule, A.J., Leegood, R.C. (1996) A spatial analysis of physiological changes associated with infection of cotyledons of marrow plants with cucumber mosaic virus. Plant Physiology 111, 975-985.
Tecsi, L.I., Smith, A.M., Maule, A.J. Leegood, R.C. (1995) Physiological studies of a viral mosaic infection. Aspects of Applied Biology 42, 133-140.
Wang, D. and Maule, A.J. (1995) Inhibition of host gene expression associated with plant virus replication. Science 267, 229-231.
Tecsi, L.I., Maule, A.J., Smith, A.M. and Leegood, R.C. (1994) Metabolic alterations in cotyledons of Cucurbita pepo infected by cucumber mosaic virus. Journal of Experimental Botany 45, 1541-1551.
Teçsi, L.I., Maule, A.J., Smith, A.M., Leegood, R.C. (1994) Complex, localised changes in CO2 assimilation and starch content associated with the susceptible interaction between cucumber mosaic virus and a cucurbit host. The Plant Journal 5, 837-847.
Tecsi, L., Wang, D., Smith, A.M., Leegood, R.C., Maule, A.J. (1992) Red clover mottle virus infection affects sink-source relationships and starch accumulation in pea plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 43, 1409-1412.
Plasmodesmata and virus movement
Bayer, E.M., Bottrill, A.R., Walshaw, J., Vigouroux, M., Naldrett, M.J., Thomas, C.L. & Maule, A.J. (2006) Arabidopsis cell wall proteome defined using multidimensional protein identification technology. Proteomics 6: 301-311.
Sasaki, N., Park, J-W., Maule, A.J. & Nelson, R.S. (2006) The cysteine–histidine-rich region of the movement protein of Cucumber mosaic virus contributes to plasmodesmal targeting, zinc binding and pathogenesis. Virology, 349: 396-408.
Bayer, E., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2004) Plasmodesmata in Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cells. Protoplasma 223, 93-102.
Ritzenthaler, C., Findlay, K., Roberts, K. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Rapid detection of plasmodesmata in purified cell walls. Protoplasma 165-171.
Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Limitations on the use of fused GFP to investigate structure-function relationships for the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein. Journal of General Virology 81:1851-1855.
Thomas, C. L. and A. J. Maule (1999) Identification of inhibitory mutants of Cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein function after expression in insect cells. Journal of Virology 73:7886-7890
Roberts, I.M., Wang, D., Findlay, K., Maule, A.J. (1998) Ultrastructural and temporal observations of the potyvirus cylindrical inclusions (CIs) show that the protein acts transiently in aiding virus movement. Virology 245, 173-181.
Lucy, A.P., Boulton, M.I., Davies, J.W., Maule, A.J. (1996) Tissue specificity of Zea mays infection by maize streak virus. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 9, 22-31.
Hughes, R.K., Perbal, M-C., Maule, A.J., Hull R. (1995) Evidence for proteolytic processing of tobacco mosaic virus movement protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 8, 658-665.
Thomas, C. L. and A. J. Maule (1995) Identification of structural domains within the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein by scanning deletion mutagenesis and epitope tagging. The Plant Cell 7:561-572.
Thomas, C.L., C. Perbal and A. J. Maule (1993) A mutation of cauliflower mosaic virus gene I interferes with virus movement but not virus replication. Virology 192:415-421.
Potyvirus VPg- roles and interactions
Dunoyer, P., Thomas, C., Harrison, S., Revers, F. and Maule, A. (2004) A cysteine-rich plant protein potentiates Potyvirus movement through an interaction with the virus genome-linked protein, VPg. Journal of Virology 78, 2301-2309.
Gao, Z., Eyers, S., Thomas, C., Ellis, N. and Maule, A. (2004) Identification of markers tightly linked to sbm recessive genes for resistance to Pea seed-borne mosaic virus. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 109, 488-494.
Gao, Z, Johansen, E., Eyers, S., Thomas, C.L., Ellis, T.H.N. and Maule, A.J. (2004) The potyvirus recessive resistance gene, sbm1, identifies a novel role for translation initiation factor eIF4E in cell-to-cell trafficking. The Plant Journal 40, 376-385.
Past Projects
- RNA silencing
- Virus seed transmission
- Cauliflower mosaic virus movement
- Potyvirus pathogens of cowpea
RNA silencing
Van den Boogaart, T, Maule A.J., Davies, J.W. and Lomonossoff, G.P. (2004) Sources of Target specificity associated with the recovery against Pea seed borne mosaic virus infection mediated by RNA silencing in pea. Molecular Plant Pathology 5, 37-44
Thomas, C.L., Leh, V., Lederer, C. and Maule, A.J. (2003) Turnip crinkle virus protein mediates suppression of RNA silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. Virology 306, 33-41.
Thomas, C.L., Jones, L., Baulcombe, D.C. and Maule, A.J. (2001) Size constraints for targeting post-transcriptional gene silencing and for RNA-directed methylation in Nicotiana benthamiana using a Potato virus X vector. The Plant Journal 25, 1-11.
Jones, L., Hamilton, A.J., Voinnet, O., Thomas, C.L., Maule, A.J. and Baulcombe, D.C. (1999) RNA-DNA interactions and DNA methylation in post-transcriptional gene silencing. The Plant Cell 11, 2291-2301.
Jones, A.L., Johansen, I.E., Bean, S.J., Bach, I. and Maule, A.J. (1998) Specificity of resistance to pea seed-borne mosaic potyvirus in transgenic peas expressing the viral replicase (NIb) gene. Journal of General Virology 79, 3129-3137.
Jones, A.L., Thomas, C.L., and Maule, A.J. (1998) De novo methylation and co-supression induced by a cytoplasmically replicating plant RNA virus. The EMBO Journal 17, 6385-6393.
Seed transmission
Roberts, I.M., Wang, D., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2003) Seed transmission of Pea seed borne mosaic virus in pea exploits novel symplastic pathways and is, in part, dependent upon chance. Protoplasma 222,31-43.
Roberts, I.M., Wang, D., Findlay, K., Maule, A.J. (1998) Ultrastructural and temporal observations of the potyvirus cylindrical inclusions (CIs) show that the protein acts transiently in aiding virus movement. Virology 245, 173-181.
Wang, D, MacFarlane, S.A. Maule A.J. (1997) Viral determinants of pea early browning virus seed transmission in pea. Virology 234:112-117.
Maule, A.J. Wang, D. (1996) Seed transmission of plant viruses: a lesson in biological complexity. Trends in Microbiology 4:153-158. Wang, D., Maule, A.J. (1997) Contrasting patterns in the spread of two-seed- borne viruses in pea embryos. The Plant Journal 11:1333-1340.
Wang, D., Maule, A.J. (1994) A model for seed transmission of a plant virus: genetic and structural analyses of pea embryo invasion by pea seed-borne mosaic virus. The Plant Cell 6:777-787.
Cauliflower mosaic virus movement
Relevant publications:
Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Limitations on the use of fused GFP to investigate structure-function relationships for the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein. Journal of General Virology 81:1851-1855.
Thomas, C. L. and A. J. Maule (1999) Identification of inhibitory mutants of Cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein function after expression in insect cells. Journal of Virology 73:7886-7890
Thomas, C. L. and A. J. Maule (1995) Identification of structural domains within the cauliflower mosaic virus movement protein by scanning deletion mutagenesis and epitope tagging. The Plant Cell 7:561-572.
Thomas, C.L., C. Perbal and A. J. Maule (1993) A mutation of cauliflower mosaic virus gene I interferes with virus movement but not virus replication. Virology 192:415-421.
Potyvirus Pathogens of Cowpea
Van Boxtel, J., Singh, B.B., Thottappilly, G. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Resistance of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) breeding lines to Blackeye cowpea mosaic and Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic potyvirus isolates. Journal of Plant Disease & Protection 107:197-204.
Van Boxtel, J., Thomas, C.L. and Maule, A.J. (2000) Phylogenetic analysis of two potyvirus pathogens of commercial cowpea lines: implications for obtaining pathogen-derived resistance. Virus Genes 20:71-77
