S. F. Elena

This study shows how SARS-CoV-2 spike protein adapts to different human cell types through mutations that affect entry efficiency and receptor affinity.

This paper describes an efficient plasmid-based system for producing recombinant VSV encoding foreign glycoproteins, validated with glycoproteins from multiple viral families.

This study investigates age-dependent susceptibility to viral infections in Arabidopsis thaliana, finding that later stages show increased viral spread but also greater fertility, suggesting a trade-off between susceptibility and fitness.

This study analyzes viromes across 31 invertebrate phyla using RNA-Seq data to estimate virome composition, quantify diversity, and assess host and habitat influences on virome structure.

This study shows that Orsay virus infection increases Caenorhabditis elegans resistance to heat shock through upregulation of argonaute proteins, suggesting a mutualistic relationship under thermal stress.

This study investigates how plant RNA viruses counteract Muller's ratchet by analyzing fitness outcomes under different bottleneck sizes and population dynamics in tobacco etch virus.

The paper investigates gene transfer between mycoviruses and their fungal hosts, focusing on the Curvulaviridae family, and finds evidence of host protein transfer to viral genomes.

This study shows RNA viruses adapt to epigenetic plant defenses by increasing infectivity, virulence, and viral load, with adaptation primarily targeting the VPg protein.

The paper investigates how disease prevalence and plant growth stage affect symptom severity in Arabidopsis thaliana infected with Turnip mosaic virus, finding that young plants are more responsive to VOC-mediated protection and high prevalence slows disease progression.

This study investigates how host age affects virus evolution in plants, finding that older hosts lead to faster and more severe infections, with genomic changes varying by host age and viral isolate.

This study identifies miRNA families responding to combined stresses in melon plants and shows that their response is often non-additive compared to individual stresses.

This study shows that innate immune pathways in Drosophila constrain RNA virus evolution by reducing genetic diversity and virulence when disrupted.

The paper provides theoretical evidence that viral genome fragility evolves due to population bottlenecks, showing it can increase survival through bottlenecks and attack rates in certain conditions.

This study identifies Arabidopsis thaliana genes associated with infection outcomes by generalist and specialist Turnip mosaic virus strains using GWAS.

This study shows that host immunity differences affect RNA virus evolution rates and patterns, with resistant hosts driving faster adaptation and permissive hosts selecting for specialist viruses.

This study shows that temperature affects virus-virus interactions and genetic variation in mixed viral infections in tomato plants.

This study uses complete genomic data from 20 Orthotospovirus species to revise their phylogeny, identify four phylogroups, and estimate divergence times and geographic origin.

The paper investigates how viral adaptation affects transcriptomic and epigenomic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana during antiviral responses, finding that DNA methylation and histone modifications play a role in defense.

This study shows that host genetic diversity influences the evolution of virulence in Turnip mosaic virus, with more pathogenic viruses evolving in genetically heterogeneous host populations.

The paper evaluates the plausibility of de novo emergence of viroid-like replicons through a theoretical analysis of RNA structure evolution and functional module acquisition.

This study shows that engineered genetic redundancy in viral RNA genomes reduces the negative impact of deleterious mutations on fitness and virulence.

The paper investigates the functional role of a plant virus movement protein homolog in Arabidopsis thaliana, showing its impact on development, salinity stress, and viral infectivity.

The paper tests if increasing inoculum size reduces evolutionary rate in a plant RNA virus, finding mixed results across fitness traits.

The paper shows that spatially-constrained coevolution of phage-bacteria networks leads to nestedness, an emergent property promoting diversity.