Figure 5
From: RNA silencing can explain chlorotic infection patterns on plant leaves
Effect of ssRNA cleavage by Dicer on intracellular dynamics and infection patterns. Total Dicer cleavage rate is 10 cleavages per Dicer per hour and ΔSi = 4%. (A-C) measured intracellular +RNA levels from spatial model with Dicer cleavage rates: (A) 10 on dsRNA, 0 on ssRNA; (B) 8.5 on dsRNA, 1.5 on ssRNA; (C) 8.05 on dsRNA, 1.95 on ssRNA. (D-E) The infection patterns corresponding to (A-C). Shown are +RNA levels 300 hours post infection. (G) Bifurcation diagram of intracellular +RNA levels for increasing siRNA influx. The different lines are calculated with parameters from (A) black; (B) red; and (C) green. Circles indicate the position of 2 cells from the spatial model that reached the high or low equilibrium. (H and I) infection patterns showing +RNA levels corresponding to (B) and (C) 450 hours post infection. Colors according to the color-ramps in Figure 2.