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Biology and Biotechnology

September 5, 2025; Boston, USA: VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference «SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE: MODERN AND CLASSICAL RESEARCH METHODS»


A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EIF2А KINASES IN PLANT AND MAMMALIAN ANTIVIRAL RESPONSES


DOI
https://doi.org/10.36074/logos-05.09.2025.017
Published
05.09.2025

Abstract

Absolutely all living organisms suffer from viruses. This applies to plants as well as to animals. Despite the evolutionary distance between them, each kingdom deploys rapid innate defense mechanisms, relying on translational control and regulating protein synthesis as a key defensive mechanism.

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