Massimo Turina

RNA viruses that exploit self-cleaving ribozymes for translation initiation

This study identifies self-cleaving ribozymes in RNA viruses, showing their role in translation initiation across fungi and plants.

Experimental characterization of zeta viruses and discovery of betaviroid-like RNAs expand the diversity of coding circular RNA replicons

The paper experimentally characterizes zeta viruses and discovers betaviroid-like RNAs, confirming their circular structure, ribozyme activity, and replication mechanisms.

A tomato fruit blotch viral replicon defines minimal requirements for cell autonomous replication and identifies functional RNA4-encoded movement and silencing suppression activities

This paper develops an infectious agroclone system for Tomato fruit blotch virus (ToFBV) and identifies RNA4-encoded movement and silencing suppression activities.

A viroid-like RNA can be transmitted among different Trichoderma species affecting their antagonistic capacity

This paper identifies and characterizes TsvlRNA1, a viroid-like RNA in Trichoderma spirale that transmits between species and modulates biocontrol capacity against plant pathogens.

Monitoring the directed evolution to a tripartite genome from a bipartite torradovirus genome

The paper describes the directed evolution of a tripartite genome in a plant virus from a bipartite genome through homologous recombination and genomic rearrangements.