Aiming Wang, Ph.D

Most Recent Publications :

Journal papers 

1. Zhang S, Griffiths G, Marchand G, Bernards M, Wang A* (2022) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: an emerging and rapidly spreading plant RNA virus that threatens tomato production worldwide. Molecular Plant Pathology published online  https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13229
2. Xiong R, Wang A, Marsolais F, Todd C* (2022). A fast and efficient method to introduce Apple Latent Spherical Virus to legume plants via Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation of hairy roots. Legume Science  published online http://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.154
3. Wu G, Jia Z, Rui P, Zheng H, Lu Y, Lin L, Peng J, Rao S, Wang A, Chen J*, Yan F* (2022) Acidic dileucine motifs in the cylindrical inclusion protein of turnip mosaic virus are crucial for endosomal targeting and viral replication. Molecular Plant Pathology published online https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13231
4. Usovsky M, Chen P*, Li D, Wang A, Shi A, Zheng C, Shakiba E, Lee D, Canella Vieira C, Lee YC, Wu C, Cervantez I, Dong D (2022) Decades of genetic research on Soybean mosaic virus resistance in soybean. Viruses 14(6): 1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061122
5. Jia D, Liang Q, Liu H, Li G, Zhang X, Chen Q, Wang A, Wei T* (2022) A nonstructural protein encoded by a rice reovirus induces an incomplete autophagy to promote viral spread in insect vectors. PLoS Pathogens 18: e1010506. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010506
6. Wu G, Jia Z, Ding K, Zheng H, Lu Y, Lin L, Peng J, Rao S, Wang A, Chen J*, Yan F* (2022) Turnip mosaic virus co-opts the vacuolar sorting receptor VSR4 to promote viral genome replication in plants by targeting viral replication vesicles to the endosome. PLoS Pathogens 18(1): e1010257. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010257
7. Zhang M, Gong P, Ge L, Li Y, Chang Z, Qiao R, Zhou X, Wang A*, Li F* (2022) Nuclear Exportin 1 (XPO1) binds to the nuclear localization/export signal of the turnip mosaic virus NIb to promote viral infection. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 780724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.780724
8. Simkovich A, Li Y, Kohalmi S, Griffiths G, Wang A* (2021) Molecular identification of prune dwarf virus (PDV) infecting sweet cherry in Canada and development of a PDV full-length infectious cDNA clone. Viruses 13 (10): 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13102025
9. Wang A* (2021) Cell-to-cell movement of plant viruses via plasmodesmata: A current perspective on potyviruses. Current Opinion in Virology 48: 10–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coviro.2021.03.002
10. Yang X, Li Y, Wang A* (2021) Research advances in potyviruses: from the laboratory bench to the field. Annual Review of Phytopathology 59: 1–29.  https://doi.org/1146/annurev-phyto-020620-114550
11. Simkovich A, Kohalmi S, Wang A* (2021) First report of little cherry virus 1 infecting sweet cherry in Ontario, Canada. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-21-0798-PDN
12. Simkovich A, Kohalmi S, Wang A* (2021) First report of cherry virus A infecting sweet cherry in Ontario, Canada. New Disease Reports 44: e12022. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.1202
13. Zhang M, Gong P, Ge L, Chang Z, Cheng X, Zhou X, Wang A, Li F* (2021) Nuclear exportin 1 facilitates turnip mosaic virus infection by exporting the sumoylated viral replicase and by repressing plant immunity. New Phytologist (2021) 232: 1382–1398. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17657
14. Qin L, Shen W, Tang Z, Hu W, Shangguan L, Wang Y, Tuo D, Li Z, Miao W, Valli AA, Wang A, Cui H* (2021) A newly identified virus in the family Potyviridae encodes two leader cysteine proteases in tandem that evolve contrasting RNA silencing suppression functions. Journal of Virology 95: e01414-20 https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01414-20

Books and Book chapters

1. Wang A*, Li Y (2022) Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant Virology Methods and Protocols (320 pages). Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 2400). https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6
2. Chen X*, Luan Y, Wang A (2022) In Vivo Detection of Double-Stranded RNA by dRBFC Assay. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_1
3. Li F*, Wang A (2022) Transient Expression–Mediated Gene Silencing in Plants and Suppression of Gene Silencing with Viral Suppressors. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_4
4. Dai Z, Wang A* (2022) Isolation and Transfection of Plant Mesophyll Protoplasts for Virology Research. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_5
5. Dai Z, Wang A* (2022) Monitoring Virus Intercellular Movement from Primary Infected Cells to Neighboring Cells in Plants. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_7
6. Tang Z, Bernards M, Wang A* (2022) Simultaneous Determination and Subcellular Localization of Protein–Protein Interactions in Plant Cells Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Assay. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 75-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_8
7. Lyu S, Zhang C, Hou X, Wang A* (2022) Tag-Based Pull-Down Assay.  In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 105-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_11
8. He R, Bernards M, Wang A* (2022)  Purification of Plasmodesmata-Enriched Fraction for Proteomic Analyses. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 115-123. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_12
9. Simkovich A, Kohalmi SE, Wang A* (2022). Purification and Proteomics Analysis of Phloem Tissues from Virus-Infected Plants. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_13
10. Li Y, Wang A* (2022) Biolistic Inoculation of Fruit Trees with Full-Length Infectious cDNA Clones of RNA Viruses. In Wang A, Li Y (eds) Plant Virology: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 2400: 207-216. https://doi.org/1007/978-1-0716-1835-6_20