Dr John Carr, Senior Lecturer
Molecular Biology of Plant - Virus Interactions
The long-term objective of the group is to understand why some plants are able to actively resist viral pathogens, while others remain susceptible. Our work on resistance for the most part focuses on the effects of the naturally occurring plant 'alarm' molecule, salicylic acid (SA: the chemical parent of aspirin). Meanwhile, our work on susceptibility centers on how plant resistance responses are subverted by viral counter-defence factors such as the 2b protein made by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV).
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Department of Plant Sciences
University of Cambridge
Downing Site Downing Street
CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EA
Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk
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Tobacco protoplasts infected with a strain of Cucumber mosaic virus engineered to express GFP and imaged by CSLM. (From: Soards, A. J. 'The Cucumber mosaic virus 2b protein: Influences on the plant-virus interaction.' Ph.D. The University of Cambridge, 2003).