LSU

Selected Publications

R. Lu, E. Yigit, W.X. Li, and S.W. Ding. An RIG-I-like RNA helicase mediates antiviral RNAi downstream of viral siRNA biogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Pathogens. 2008. In press.

R. Lu, M. Maduro, F. Li, H. W. Li, G. Broitman-Maduro, W. X. Li and S. W. Ding. Animal virus replication and RNAi-mediated antiviral silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature. 2005 Aug 18; 426:1040-1043. 

Peart JR, Mestre P, Lu R, Malcuit I and Baulcombe DC. NRG1, a CC-NB-LRR protein, together with N, a TIR-NB-LRR protein, mediates resistance against tobacco mosaic virus. Curr Biol. 2005 May 24; 15(10):968-73.

Lu R, Folimonov A, Shintaku M, Li WX, Falk BW, Dawson WO, and Ding SW. Three distinct suppressors of  RNA silencing encoded by a 20-kb viral RNA genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Nov 2;101(44):15742-7.

Li WX*, Li H*, Lu R*, Li F, Dus M, Atkinson P, Brydon EW, Johnson KL, Garcia-Sastre A, Ball LA, Palese P and Ding SW. Interferon antagonist proteins of influenza and vaccinia viruses are suppressors of RNA silencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 3; 101(5):1350-1355.  *: Equal contributors.

Lu R, Malcuit I, Moffett P, Ruiz MT, Peart J, Wu AJ, Rathjen JP, Bendahmane A, Day L and Baulcombe DC. High throughput virus-induced gene silencing implicates heat shock protein 90 in plant disease resistance. EMBO J. 2003 Nov 3; 22(21):5690-9.

Lu R, Martin-Hernandez AM, Peart JR, Malcuit I and Baulcombe DC. Virus-induced gene silencing in plants. Methods. 2003 Aug; 30(4):296-303.

Peart JR, Lu R, Sadanandom A, Malcuit I, Moffett P, Brice DC, Schauser L, Jaggard DA, Xiao S, Coleman MJ, Dow M, Jones JD, Shirasu K and Baulcombe DC. Ubiquitin ligase-associated protein SGT1 is required for host and nonhost disease resistance in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Aug 6; 99(16):10865-9.