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ReviewJournal of virology2025

Insights into the role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in plant-virus interactions.

Nicola Secco, Arsheed H Sheikh, Heribert Hirt

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Review in Journal of virology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The expanding role of mAdvanced biotechnology · 2026
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  5. m6A: a novel strategy for osteoporosis treatment.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nicola SeccoBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0820-6834
Arsheed H SheikhBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1883-5439
Heribert HirtBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3119-9633

Funding

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) BAS/1062-01-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a common and dynamic epitranscriptomic modification in eukaryotic RNAs, affecting stability, splicing, translation, and degradation. Recent technological advancements have revealed the complex nature of m6A modifications, highlighting their importance in plant and animal species. The m6A modification is a reversible process, with "writers" depositing methylation, "erasers" demethylating it, and "reader" proteins recognizing m6A and executing various biological functions. Studying the relationship between m6A methylation and viral infection is crucial. Animal viruses, including retroviruses, RNA viruses, and DNA viruses, often employ the host's m6A machinery to replicate or avoid immune responses. In plant viruses, host methyltransferases or demethylases can stabilize or degrade viral RNA, depending on the virus-host interaction. Additionally, viral infections can modify the host's m6A machinery, impacting the viral life cycle. This review examines the role of m6A modifications in plant viral pathogenesis, focussing on RNA viruses infecting crops like alfalfa, turnip, wheat, rice, and potato. Understanding the role of m6A in virus-host interactions can aid in studying plant viral disease development and discovering novel antiviral targets for crop protection. In this review, we summarize current information on m6A in RNA biology, focussing on its function in viral infections and plant-virus interactions.

Indexed as

AdenosineHost-Pathogen InteractionsPlant DiseasesPlantsPlant VirusesMethylationRNA, ViralAdenosineN-methyladenosineRNA, Viralm6Aplant virusRNA modification

Identifiers

PMID39570081
PMCPMC11784248

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