Aiming Wang, Ph.D

List of Recent publications (after 2015). For a complete list of Publications: Aiming Wang on AAFC Online

Refereed Journal Articles (*, corresponding author)

Chai M, Wu X, Liu J, Fang Y, Luan Y, Cui X, Zhou X, Wang A, Cheng X* (2020) P3N-PIPO interacts with P3 via the shared N-terminal domain to recruit viral replication vesicles for cell-to-cell movement. Journal of Virology (in press) https://jvi.asm.org/content/early/2020/01/16/JVI.01898-19

Shen W*, Shi Y, Dai Z, Wang A* (2020) The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase NIb of potyviruses plays multifunctional, contrasting roles during viral infection. Viruses 12: 77 https://doi.org/10.3390/v12010077

Wang A*, Burch-Smith TM, Li Y (2020) MPMI focus issue overview: Focus on cell biology of virus-plant and virus-vector interactions. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 13(1): 5. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-19-0318-FI

Wu G, Cui X, Dai Z, He R, Li Y, Yu K, Bernards M, Chen X, Wang A* (2019). A plant RNA virus hijacks endocytic proteins to establish its infection in plants. Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14549.

Xiong R, Pajak A, Wang A, Yoshikawa N, Marsolais F, Todd C. (2019). Agrobacterium-mediated inoculation of asymptomatic Apple latent spherical virus as gene silencing vector in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Legume Science 1: e14. https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.14

Li F, Wang A* (2019) RNA-targeted antiviral immunity: More than just RNA silencing. Trends in Microbiology 27(9): 792-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2019.05.007

Cui H, Wang A* (2019) The biological impact of the hypervariable N-terminal region of potyviral genomes. Annual Review of Virology 6: 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-virology-092818-015843

Bujarski JJ, Gallitelli D*, García-Arenal F, Pallás VB, Palukaitis P, Reddy MK, Wang A, ICTV Report Consortium. (2019) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Bromoviridae. Journal of General Virology 100(8): 1206-1207. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001282

Tran HH, Chen C, Chen H, Menassa R, Hao H, Bernards M, Hüner NPA, Wang A* (2019) Development of a cucumber green mottle mosaic virus-based expression vector for the production in cucumber of neutralizing epitopes against devastating animal virus. Journal of Virological Methods 269: 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2019.04.006

Zhang F, Yang Z, Hong N, Wang G, Wang A and Wang L* (2019) Identification and characterization of water chestnut Soymovirus-1 (WCSV-1), a novel Soymovirus in water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis). BMC Plant Biology 19: 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-019-1761-7

Wu X, Liu J, Chai M, Wang J, Li D, Wang A, Cheng X* (2019) The potato virus X TGBp2 protein plays dual functional roles in viral replication and movement. Journal of Virology 93 (5): e01635-18. https://jvi.asm.org/content/93/5/e01635-18.full

Yang K, Shen W, Li Y, Li Z, Miao W, Wang A, Cui H* (2019) Areca palm necrotic ringspot virus, classified within a recently proposed genus Arepavirus of the family Potyviridae, is classified with necrotic ringspot virus disease in areca palm. Phytopathology 109: 887-894. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-18-0200-R

Hu W, Luo H, Yang Y, Wang Q, Hong N, Wang G, Wang A, Wang L. (2019). Comprehensive analysis of full genome sequence and Bd-milRNA/target mRNAs to discover the mechanism of hypovirulence in Botryosphaeria dothidea strains on pear infection with BdCV1 and BdPV1. IMA Fungus 10: 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-019-0008-4

Li F, Zhang C, Li Y, Wu G, Hou X, Zhou X, Wang A* (2018) Beclin1 restricts RNA virus infection in plants through suppression and degradation of the viral polymerase. Nature Communications 9: 1268. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03658-2

Li F, Wang A* (2018) RNA decay is an antiviral defense in plants that is counteracted by viral RNA silencing suppressors. PLoS Pathogens 14(8): e1007228. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007228

Wu G, Cui X, Chen H, Renaud JB, Yu K, Chen X*, Wang A* (2018) Dynamin-like proteins of endocytosis in plants are co-opted by potyviruses to enhance virus infection. Journal of Virology 92 (23): e01320-18 https://jvi.asm.org/content/early/2018/09/20/JVI.01320-18 (Spotlight paper)

Wang A* (2018) Virus and Host Plant Interactions. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470015902.a0000758.pub3

Wang LH, Luo H, Hu W, Yang Y, Hong N, Wang G, Wang A, Wang L* (2018) De novo transcriptomic assembly and mRNA expression patterns of Botryosphaeria dothidea infection with mycovirus chrysovirus 1 (BdCV1) and partitivirus 1 (BdPV1). Virology Journal 15: 216. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-1033-4

Cheng X, Xiong R, Li Y, Li F, Zhou X, Wang A* (2017) Sumoylation of the Turnip mosaic virus RNA polymerase promotes viral infection by counteracting the host NPR1-mediated immune response. Plant Cell 29(3): 508-525. DOI: http:/​/​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1105/​tpc.​16.​00774

Park SH, Li F, Renaud J, Shen W, Li Y, Guo L, Cui H, Sumarah M, Wang A* (2017) NbEXPA1, an α-expansin, is plasmodesmata-specific and a novel host factor for potyviral infection. Plant Journal 92: 846-861. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.13723/full.

Cui H, Wang A* (2017) An efficient viral vector for functional genomic studies of Prunus fruit trees and its induced resistance to Plum pox virus via silencing of a host factor gene. Plant Biotechnology Journal 15(3): 344-356. DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12629. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbi.12629/full.

Cheng X, Wang A* (2017) The potyviral silencing suppressor protein VPg mediates degradation of SGS3 via ubiquitination and autophagy pathways. Journal of Virology 91(1): e01478-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01478-16.

Chen H, Arsovski AA, Yu K, Wang A* (2017) Deep sequencing leads to the identification of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5a as a key element in Rsv1-mediated lethal systemic hypersensitive response to Soybean mosaic virus infection in soybean. Molecular Plant Pathology 18(3): 391-404. DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12407.

Cui X, Yaghmaiean H, Wu G, Wu X, Chen X, Thorn G, Wang A* (2017) The C-terminal region of the Turnip mosaic virus P3 protein is essential for viral infection via targeting P3 to the viral replication complex. Virology 510: 147-455.

Park SH, Elhiti M, Wang H, Xu A, Brown A, Wang A* (2017). Adventitious root formation of in vitro peach shoots is regulated by auxin and ethylene. Scientia Horticulturae 226: 250–260.

Ding X, Chen D, Wang A, Zhang J, Wu Z (2017) First Report of Strawberry pallidosis-associated virus on strawberry in China. Plant Disease 100 (6): 1254.

Li F, Zhao N, Li Z, Xu X, Wang Y, Yang X, Liu SS, Wang A, Zhou X* (2017) A calmodulin-like protein suppresses RNA silencing and promotes geminivirus infection by degrading SGS3 via the autophagy pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana. PLoS Pathogens 13(2): e1006213.

Wylie SJ*, Adams M, Chalam C, Kreuze J, López-Moya JJ, Ohshima K, Praveen S, Rabenstein F, Stenger D, Wang A, Zerbini FM (2017) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Potyviridae. Journal of General Virology 98: 352-354. DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000740

Cheng X, Wang A* (2017) Multifaceted defense and counter-defense in co-evolutionary arms race between plants and viruses. Communicative & Integrative Biology 10(4): e1341025.

Cui H, Wang A.* 2016. The Plum pox virus 6K1 protein is required for viral replication and targets the viral replication complex at the early infection stage. Journal of Virology 90: 5119-5131.

Arias Gaguancela OP, Zúñiga LP, Arias AV, Halterman D, Flores FJ, Johansen IE, Wang A, Yamaji Y, Verchot-Lubicz J* 2016. The IRE1/bZIP60 pathway and Bax inhibitor 1 suppress systemic accumulation of potyviruses and potexviruses in Arabidopsis and N. benthamiana plants. Molecular Plant Microbe Interaction 29: 750-766. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-07-16-0147-R

Li Y, Cui H, Cui X, Wang A* 2016. The altered photosynthetic machinery during compatible virus infection. Current Opinion in Virology 17: 19-24.

Li Y, Xiong R, Bernards MA, Wang A* 2016. Recruitment of Arabidopsis RNA helicase AtRH9 to the viral replication complex by viral replicase to promote Turnip mosaic virus replication. Scientific Reports 6: 30297. doi: 10.1038/srep30297

Zhang L, Zhang C, Wang A* 2016. Divergence and conservation of the major UPR branch IRE1-bZIP signaling pathway across eukaryotes. Scientific Reports 6: 27362. doi: 10.1038/srep27362

Chen H, Arsovski AA, Yu K, Wang A* 2016. Genome-wide investigation using sRNA-seq, degradome-seq and transcriptome-seq reveals regulatory networks of microRNAs and their target genes in soybean during Soybean mosaic virus infection. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0150582

Bhagwat B, Dickison V, Ding X, Walker MC, Bernardy MG, Bouthillier MJ, Creelman A, DeYoung RM, Li Y, Nie X*, Wang A*, Xiang Y*, Sanfaçon H* 2016. Genome sequence analysis of five Canadian isolates of Strawberry mottle virus reveals extensive intra-species diversity and a longer RNA2 with increased coding capacity compared to a previously characterized European isolate. Archives of Virology 161: 1657-1663.

Ding X, Li Y, Hernández-Sebastià C, Abbasi PA, Fisher P, Celletti M, Wang A* 2016. First Report of Strawberry crinivirus 4 on strawberry in Canada. Plant Disease 100: 1254.

Elhiti M, Wang HY, Austin RS, Chen B, Brown DCW, Wang A* 2016. Generation of chemically induced mutations using in vitro propagated shoot tip tissues for genetic improvement of fruit trees. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture: Journal of Plant Biotechnology 124(2): 447-452. doi : 10.1007/s11240-015-0894-0

Liu J, Zhang X, Yang Y, Hong N, Wang G, Wang A, Wang L* 2016. Characterization of virus-derived small interfering RNAs in Apple stem grooving virus-infected in vitro-cultured Pyrus pyrifolia shoot tips in response to high temperature treatment. Virology Journal 13: 166. DOI: 10.1186/s12985-016-0625-0.

Wang, A* 2015. Dissecting the molecular network of virus-plant interactions: the complex roles of host factors. Annual Review of Phytopathology 53: 45-66.

Zhang, L., Chen, C., Brandizzi, F., Verchot, J., Wang, A* 2015. The UPR branch IRE1-bZIP60 in plants is complementary to the only UPR pathway in yeast and essential for viral infection. PLoS Genetics 11(4): e1005164. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005164

Cheng, X., Deng, P., Cui, H., Wang, A* 2015. Visualizing double-stranded RNA distribution and dynamics in living cells by dsRNA binding-dependent fluorescence complementation. Virology 485: 439-451.

Chen, H., Zhang, L., Yu, K., Wang, A* 2015. Pathogenesis of Soybean mosaic virus in soybean carrying Rsv1 gene is associated with miRNA and siRNA pathways, and breakdown of AGO1 homeostasis. Virology 476: 395-404.

Deng, P., Wu, Z., Wang, A* 2015. The multifunctional protein CI of potyviruses plays interlinked and distinct roles in viral genome replication and intercellular movement. Virology Journal 12: 141. doi:10.1186/s12985-015-0369-2.

Liu J, Zhang X, Zhang F, Hong N, Wang G, Wang A, Wang L* 2015. Identification and characterization of microRNAs from in vitro-grown pear shoots infected with Apple stem grooving virus in response to high temperature using small RNA sequencing. BMC Genomics 16: 945. doi :　10.1186/s12864-015-2126-8

Ma, X., Cui, H., Bernardy, M.G., Tian, L.-N., Abbasi, P.A., Wang, A* 2015. Molecular characterization of a Strawberry mild yellow edge virus isolate from Canada. Canadian J Plant Pathology 37: 369-375.

Chen, B., Bernards, M., Wang, A* 2015. Complete genome sequence of a bell pepper endornavirus isolate from Canada. Genome Announcements 3(4): e00905-15.

Zhang, L., Khabbaz, S.E., Wang, A., Li, H., Abbasi, P.A.* 2015. Detection and characterization of broad-spectrum anti-pathogen activity of novel rhizobacterial isolates and suppression of Fusarium crown and root rot disease of tomato. Journal of Applied Microbiology 118(3): 685-703.

Khabbaz, S.E., Zhang, L., Cáceres, L.A., Sumarah, M., Wang, A., and Abbasi, P.A.* 2015. Characterization of antagonistic Bacillus and Pseudomonas strains for biocontrol potential and suppression of damping-off and root rot diseases. Annals of Applied Biology 166(3): 456-471.

Wang, A*, Tian, L., Brown, D.C.W., Svircev, A.M., Stobbs, L.W., and Sanfaçon, H. 2015. Generation of efficient resistance to Plum pox virus (PPV) in Nicotiana benthamiana and Prunus domestica expressing triple intron-spanned double-hairpin RNAs. Acta Hort. (ISHS) 1063: 77-84.

 

Edited Books/Special Issues

Wang A*, Burch-Smith TM, Li Y (2020) MPMI focus issue: Focus on cell biology of virus-plant and virus-vector interactions. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/mpmi/33/1

Wang A*, Zhou X. (2016) Current Research Topics in Plant Virology (335 pages) Springer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319329178

 

Book Chapters

Simkovich A, Kohalmi S, Wang A* (2020) Illaviruses. Encyclopedia of Virology 4th edition, Elsevier. (In press)

Cui H*, Li Y, Wang A* (2020) A Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV)-based Viral Vector for Characterization of Gene Functions in Prunus Fruit Trees. In: Courdavault V, Besseau S (eds.) - Gene Silencing in Prunus (a book of the book serials Methods in Plant Biology), Springer (in press).

Zhang L, Wang A*. 2016. ER stress, UPR and virus infections in plants. In Wang A, Zhou X (eds.) - Current Research Topics in Plant Virology, Springer, pp. 173-196.

Wang A*, Zhou X. 2016. Preface. In Wang A, Zhou X (eds.) - Current Research Topics in Plant Virology, Springer, pp. v-vi.