From darkness to light: Genetic manipulation of an atypical plant virus unveils key insights into kitavirus biology, highlighting capsid protein and eIF4A engagement to drive viral infection

• Mikhail Oliveira Leastro ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: jesanche@ibmcp.upv.es (JAS); molilea@ibmcp.upv.es (MOL)

  Affiliation Department of Stress Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, CSIC- Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

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• Elliot Watanabe Kitajima,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Phytopathology and Nematology, University of Sao Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Piracicaba, Brazil

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• Vicente Pallas,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Stress Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, CSIC- Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

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• Jesús A. Sánchez-Navarro

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jesanche@ibmcp.upv.es (JAS); molilea@ibmcp.upv.es (MOL)

  Affiliation Department of Stress Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, CSIC- Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-2827

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