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From: RNA silencing can explain chlorotic infection patterns on plant leaves

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Schematic representation of the model. In each grid point the dynamics of a replicating plus-strand RNA virus and antiviral silencing are calculated. Viral plus- and minus-strand RNA is replicated by RdRP. The formed complex dissociates into ssRNA. Virus single-strand and part of the double-stranded RNA can be cleaved into siRNA by Dicer. siRNA associates with RISC and cleaves the target RNA. siRNAs can guide or prime amplification of the response through host encoded RDR, or viral ssRNA is amplified by RDR in an unprimed manner. The full intracellular model can be found in the Appendix. siRNAs and virions produced in each cell can move from cell to cell on the grid.

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